Cold front brought rain and strong winds to the city Renan Areias/ Agência O Dia/File Photo
Rio – The cold front, expected to pass through Rio this Thursday (18), left the weather unstable in the city, with a sharp drop in temperature and moderate winds, with occasionally strong gusts. According to the Rio Alert System, it should rain separately during the day, with light to moderate intensity.
On social media, several locals are reporting a power outage since 6am, in the North and West zones, due to the rain and strong winds in some places.
“Look, I live in Campo Grande. It doesn’t even need to rain here: just wind, and we run out of power. Not to mention the power outages every minute, which burns out all the electronics.”, wrote a woman.”
“Is there no electricity in RJ? All night long I saw the power go out and heard a crash here in Méier/Lins”, asked another.
When contacted, Light reported that “due to the rain and strong winds, the concessionaire recorded occasional cases of power outages in isolated parts of the city”.
According to the concessionaire, teams are on the streets to restore power as quickly as possible.
Forecast for the next few days
As of this Friday (19), there is no longer any rain forecast in Rio and thermometers should record a new drop in temperature. Until Monday (22), winds will remain weak to moderate throughout the city.
On Friday (19), however, there is still a forecast of cloudiness, with cloudy to partially cloudy skies. Thermometers must vary between 17°C and 27°C.
On Saturday there will be a reduction in cloud cover. Temperatures should stay between 16°C and 28°C and, on Sunday (21), with no rain forecast yet, thermometers will vary between 16°C and 31°C.
