February 8, 2009

Blowup in the Bering

The latest Siberian Salvo is hitting the Bering Sea with some real bluster. Winds are probably blowing 45 knots and the waves are progged to be running 30 feet. Naturally, the barometer is hitting the floor, too. Ugh, if that doesn't sound cold and brutal, I don't know what does! It's hard to say if this particular system will make it down south--the jetstream is pretty wild and whippy right now. Take a look at it--it doesn't get much more fractured than this. The Climate Prediction Center is calling both the 6-10 and 8-14 day forecasts cooler and wetter than normal. That jives with what we can see heading our way from three sectors in the Pacific.

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