The Meteorology Institute announced for Monday heavy seas that are dangerous for navigation, with coastal flooding from the morning that will increase from moderate to strong in the evening hours in low lying areas, including the Havana seafront, where at noon waves with heights of over three meters crashing against the seawall were seen.

In the weather forecast broadcast on Monday by the Buenos Dias television program, the Meteorology Institute announced heavy swells for the rest of the north coast, dangerous for small boats, and non-abundant swells for the south coast.

According to specialists from the Meteorology Institute, on Monday, in the capital, strong winds of 25 to 40 kph and persistent drizzle were reported, which will get to 50 kph with higher gusts in the North West.

Monday will be cold in the western and central regions with maximum temperatures between 19 and 22 degrees Celsius, rising to 28 in the eastern region.

During the night, temperatures will be between 15 and 18 degrees Celsius in the western side of the island and between 19 and 22 degrees Celsius in the rest of the country.

The Granma and Trabajadores newspapers reported on Monday that this situation reflects a persistent northwest winds 35 to 50 mph, with higher gusts from the Gulf of Mexico, which will generate waves with heights of four to five meters on the north coast of western Cuba.

In the afternoon the waves may exceed the latter figure, which together with the high tide will cause the amount of coastal flooding to increase during the evening hours, said Armando Caymares, of the Meteorology Institute’s Forecast Center.

The air mass of Arctic origin that is following the sixth seasonal cold front (which arrived on Sunday), will begin to affect much of the Cuban archipelago, where winter conditions, with the prevalence of high winds, are already experienced.
Translated by Daysi Olano

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