11.08.14 Super Typhoon Nuri

Typhoon Nuri, the cyclone that just hit Alaska, was a tropical depression/storm when she hit Yap last week at Halloween, bringing us strong winds and heavy rains. She is on her way across the US.

"Near hurricane-strength winds blasted parts of Alaska's Aleutian Islands as the remnants of Typhoon Nuri moved through the remote region hundreds of miles from the mainland."

 

This is Nuri a couple of days after she came through Yap. After she passed the Marianna Islands (includes Guam and Saipan - US Territories) she turned northeast. Do you see Yap? Look at the size of the typhoon compared to the size of the islands. These islands are just specks in the vast Pacific. It is nice to have the scale for comparison.

 

"This Nov. 5, 2014 photo provided by NASA shows a picture captured by NASA's Aqua satellite of Typhoon Nuri. Weather forecasters say an explosive storm, a remnant of Typhoon Nuri, surpassing the intensity of 2012's Superstorm Sandy is heading toward the northern Pacific Ocean and expected to pass Alaska's Aleutian Islands over the weekend."  (It hit today.)

 

 

The brunt of the storm is expected to pass into the Bering Sea and lose strength, but forecasters warned it will still push unseasonably frigid air into much of the U.S. next week.


"An explosive storm surpassing the intensity of 2012's Superstorm Sandy is expected to reach Alaska's western Aleutian Islands over the weekend and bring unseasonably frigid temperatures to much of the US and Canada next week, weather forecasters said on Thursday (Friday NZT).

What remains of Typhoon Nuri is moving northeast from off the Japanese coast and is mixing with cold air and the jet stream, which will give it the power to produce hurricane-force winds and waves 50 feet high (15 metres). It could arrive late Friday or Saturday before weakening in the Bering Sea, the National Weather Service said.

The storm potentially could be one of the most intensive to ever hit the North Pacific, weather service forecaster Brian Hurley said. The US Coast Guard and Alaska state emergency responders were keeping a close eye on its strength.

The system is expected to push cold air into much of the lower 48 states next week, forecaster Bob Oravec said. By the weekend, high temperatures in Minneapolis will only reach the upper-20s Fahrenheit (-6.67 Celsius), and mid-30s (-1.11) are expected in Chicago - more than 15 degrees (-9.44) below normal."

"An explosive storm surpassing the intensity of 2012's Superstorm Sandy is expected to reach Alaska's western Aleutian Islands over the weekend and bring unseasonably frigid temperatures to much of the US and Canada next week, weather forecasters said on Thursday (Friday NZT).

What remains of Typhoon Nuri is moving northeast from off the Japanese coast and is mixing with cold air and the jet stream, which will give it the power to produce hurricane-force winds and waves 50 feet high (15 metres). It could arrive late Friday or Saturday before weakening in the Bering Sea, the National Weather Service said.

The storm potentially could be one of the most intensive to ever hit the North Pacific, weather service forecaster Brian Hurley said. The US Coast Guard and Alaska state emergency responders were keeping a close eye on its strength.

The system is expected to push cold air into much of the lower 48 states next week, forecaster Bob Oravec said. By the weekend, high temperatures in Minneapolis will only reach the upper-20s Fahrenheit (-6.67 Celsius), and mid-30s (-1.11) are expected in Chicago - more than 15 degrees (-9.44) below normal."

From Anchorage Alaska:
"A powerful storm has moved into the Bering Sea and has become the most intense storm to ever impact the region.
The former Super Typhoon Nuri has tracked northward into the Bering Sea, located in between Alaska and Russia, and has lost all tropical characteristics.
The system has undergone rapid intensification, producing howling winds as the central pressure plummets to near record levels.
On Friday night, the Ocean Prediction Center analyzed the central area of low pressure to be 924 millibars.
This means that the storm has officially become the most powerful storm to ever move over the Bering Sea in recorded history in terms of central pressure.
Previous to this storm, the old record stood at 925 millibars from a powerful storm that moved over the Bering Sea on Oct. 25, 1977.
To put this in perspective, the lowest pressure recorded in Hurricane Sandy was 940 millibars.

Due to the massive size of the storm, impacts can be felt hundreds of miles away from the storm's center through much of the weekend.
Large waves and hurricane-force winds are expected to be the highest impacts with waves in some areas topping 45 feet through Saturday.

This storm will not only have impacts on Alaska, eastern Russia and the Bering Sea, but also the contiguous United States.
According to Senior Meteorologist Brett Anderson, "In brief, when a typhoon curves away from Asia it causes the jet stream [steering winds] farther to the east across the Pacific and into North America to buckle and amplify days later."
This is the case for the remnants of Super Typhoon Nuri as it has already curved away from Asia and is tracking northward toward Alaska.
As a result, arctic air is expected to invade the Plains, Midwest and Northeast next week."

 This is an image of "super typhoon" Nuri on 11/03/14 as she moves across the Pacific.