This Monday is the last day of the cold wave that has been in force since Saturday the 25th, announced by the Uruguayan Institute of Meteorology with the entry of a mass of cold air.
This Monday will continue to be cold and cloudy. In the afternoon rains will enter the north, which will spread throughout the countryas he told The Observer, the head of Inumet forecasts, Néstor Santayana.
The sky will be overcast and cloudy this Monday. The minimum temperature will be 6°C and the maximum 12°C, with low thermal sensations. There will be few and isolated precipitations. In the evening, fog and fog banks will form in the south-central part of the country, according to the Inumet portal.
While the AccuWeather portal forecasts a maximum temperature of 10°C, and a minimum of 8°C for Monday night.
Santayana explained that the minimum temperatures recorded during the cold wave were within what was expected, but the maximum temperatures were low “due to the effect of cloudiness.”
Top 5 – Temp. (°C) Lowest max
6/25
10.2 Colony
10.6 Mode
11.0 Cannelloni and Lavalleja
11.1 Rock
11.6 Ty Three6/26
8.4 Peach
8.7 Tacuarembo
8.8 Florida
9.0 Lavalleja and S.José
9.2 C. Largo and Paysandú#Uruguay #cold wave– Inumet (@MeteorologiaUy) June 26, 2022
The Inumet portal estimates a decrease in cloud cover for Tuesday night, when the cold wave will no longer apply.
The lowest temperature record during the weekend was at dawn on Sunday in Minas (-1.3°C), followed by -0.2°C in Florida, -0.1°C in Treinta y Tres, 0.1°C in Soriano and 0.8°C in San Jose.
Although Montevideo was not included among the areas affected by the cold wave, the low thermal sensations led the Ministry of Social Development (Mides) to deploy a special operation in coordination with Defense, Interior, ASSE and the Congress of Mayors.
Between the night of Friday and Saturday, more than 400 complaints were registered by people sleeping in the open. While on Sunday night, there were 184 reports between emergency calls and messages to the Mides WhatsApp service.
Throughout the country, they dealt 3900 seats. The military units sheltered 76 people, another 29 were received in night shelters.
To give notice about people out in the open in Montevideo, Mides receives calls through 0800 8798, a free line that works 24 hours a day, 092 910 000 is also enabled for notifications via WhatsApp. The departmental CECOEDs receive calls in the rest of the country, as does the 911 line.
If the homeless person requires medical attention, ASSE’s 105 (SAME) should be called directly.
In the case of minors, you should call the INAU Blue Line: 0800 5050 from Monday to Sunday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.; outside these hours you should call 098 462 326.
