It would be very interesting indeed if this does turn out to be a hurricane. To my knowledge, they just don't happen there. If this is a hurricane,
then this will be a boost to those global warming fanatics.
I just pulled up the Alaska and didn't see what is in the maps above. It looks like a very well formed low pressure system to me. It is doubtful
there is enough warm water up there for it to properly cook. It is a beautiful example of the comma shape of a nice low though.
You know what is so creepy to me is the lack of radar and satellite coverage in that are by weather.com and weatherunderground.com
Weather.com abruptly stops their cloud coverage in the
area... just a tiny little box at the bottom show that there is *some* clouds in the area, but they are clipped.
!!! A very low pressure system is what turns into hurricanes...
UGH...
Yes that is an organized system... at 40 knots it is a tropical depression if I remember correctly ...just on the verge of a tropical storm..thats if
I am not confusing knots for miles... Who knows better than I? that can elaborate?
But how can it be a tropical depression if it's over frigid northern waters?
As you can see from the IR images the center of the storm has a cloud top temperature of +20c to 20c, while towards the outer area (in red) the cloud
tops are like, -30c to -50c ...
And yeah I was totally wrong about the Alaska thing haha, my bad. I'm Canadian too (ultra shame)..
Wikipedia... Topical cyclone. Apparently this is a really atypical storm cell but according to that normal pattern of progress it should blow away
from the coast and not towards it...
Reading up on nor'easters now.. looking for nor'westers next.