A BIG Arctic blast is headed for the central and eastern U.S., extending all the way to the Gulf of Mexico:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/to...across-the-united-states-this-week/ar-AA7DkNX
Meantime, we here in Alaska are enjoying about the warmest fall I can remember, in 25 years of living here. It's raining tonight, just a little, which might not be good for morning, as it is supposed to freeze. But we've only had one minor snowfall so far, and the past few days have melted all of that.
At this time of year, we need some snow on the ground. There's a whole little-animal ecosystem that depends on snow cover, and it ain't good for plants, either, if it gets really cold with no snow cover.
All apparently related to the super-typhoon Nuri that skirted up the east Asian coastline and altered big weather circulation patterns. That typhoon was generated in the very warm mid-Pacific a few weeks ago, and was an unusually strong storm system that, fortunately, didn't strike really vulnerable, heavily-populated regions. This is probably evidence of what happens when you warm up the atmosphere and hydrosphere to levels not usually seen, thereby putting energy into the weather systems that needs to be dissipated, somehow. This is how.
caw
http://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/to...across-the-united-states-this-week/ar-AA7DkNX
Meantime, we here in Alaska are enjoying about the warmest fall I can remember, in 25 years of living here. It's raining tonight, just a little, which might not be good for morning, as it is supposed to freeze. But we've only had one minor snowfall so far, and the past few days have melted all of that.
At this time of year, we need some snow on the ground. There's a whole little-animal ecosystem that depends on snow cover, and it ain't good for plants, either, if it gets really cold with no snow cover.
All apparently related to the super-typhoon Nuri that skirted up the east Asian coastline and altered big weather circulation patterns. That typhoon was generated in the very warm mid-Pacific a few weeks ago, and was an unusually strong storm system that, fortunately, didn't strike really vulnerable, heavily-populated regions. This is probably evidence of what happens when you warm up the atmosphere and hydrosphere to levels not usually seen, thereby putting energy into the weather systems that needs to be dissipated, somehow. This is how.
caw
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18 degrees! HEAT WAVE!
