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The remnants of a Pacific typhoon will pound Alaska with enough force to produce 50-foot waves, then shove across two-thirds of the Lower 48 and drive temperatures to wintry levels net week
Storm Stronger Than Sandy Heads for Alaska, Will Chill Much of U.S.
Storm Stronger Than Sandy Heads for Alaska, Will Chill Much of U.S.
7
November, 2014
The
remnants of a Pacific typhoon will pound Alaska with enough force to
produce 50-foot waves, then shove across two-thirds of the Lower 48
and drive temperatures to wintry levels next week.
“It’s
early in the season, but we are poised for a pure Arctic outbreak,”
said Tom Niziol, a winter weather specialist for The
Weather Channel.
Forecasters
said that the storm, as it approaches the Aleutian Islands this
weekend, could be more intense than Superstorm Sandy when it swamped
the Northeast two years ago. Weather watchers in Alaska — and
Twitter — have labeled the storm the "Bering Bomb."
The
Coast Guard and Alaska emergency management authorities were watching
the storm. It was expected to mix with cold air and the jet stream,
producing hurricane-force wind and extreme waves, when it strikes
late Friday or Saturday.
Then
comes early winter for tens of millions of people in the rest of the
country as the jet stream buckles far to the south. On Monday, the
high temperature for Great Falls, Montana, is expected to be 25
degrees, or 20 degrees lower than normal for this time of year. The
high on Tuesday in Bismarck, North Dakota, is only expected to be 25,
or 16 below normal. And on Wednesday, the mercury will only push to
51 in Dallas and barely above freezing in Cleveland.
By
late next week, temperatures will be well below average as far south
as the Gulf Coast. The system is also expected to bring snow to parts
of the Rockies and Plains net week
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