A major fall storm is going to spin up late week over the upper Midwest. It may very well bring some historic early season snows to parts of the Dakotas and NW Minnesota. For my area the biggest impact will be a sharp drop in temperatures and a big increase in winds. We are in for a rude awakening by Friday night.
Also, I'm seeing a super typhoon headed for the western Pacific. As it approaches Japan it will make a turn to towards the Bearing Sea. Teleconnections suggest that such a pattern develops an eastern trough that would deliver chilly air into the eastern half of the US. On top of the cold that's coming this weekend, it should mean below normal temperatures for the period October 11-28. Below you can see the track of the typhoon and the projected temperature departures for the period below. What do you think? Let me know with your comments in the thread of this discussion. No wrong answers I promise...
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I remember you saying something about when there's a typhoon in the west then the midwest is cold or something like that. There was almost a saying that you said about a typhoon.
Yea, it's what some call the typhoon rule or Bearing sea rule. If the storm does not recurve and hits China and points west, the downstream trough over the US does not develop and we stay mild. When it head north the jet buckles and we get into a northwest flow and cools us down. It's especially an especially valuable tool this time of year. One the tropical season ends not so much! TS