Credit Courtesy of Rick Thoman
The collision of a warm, wet weather front with a mass of cold air from Siberia could set a new record: the lowest barometric pressure recorded in the North Pacific.
That could mean hurricane-force winds and high seas in the Southwestern Bering Sea. This storm is generating a lot of interest from weather watchers around the world, said climate specialist Rick Thoman of the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
He said the storm which is expected to reach Unalaska by Thursday night will be comparable to ex-Typhoon Nuri in 2014, and to another record storm that touched down near Adak in 2015, causing wind damage in Unalaska and the Pribilof Islands.
miles wide, battered the alaskan island. with near 100-mile-per-hour winds and waves at least 50 feet high. the crews on the fishing boats from discovery s deadliest catch scrambling to stay safe. we don t need to get anybody hurt. reporter: nuri is one of the most powerful storms ever recorded. the size and strength helped push the jet stream very far to the north. what comes up, must come down. a big dip in the jet stream over the eastern two-thirds of the u.s. which opens the gates for the frigid air to plunge southward. those unseasonable temperatures will stretch from the midwest to the gulf coast. that winter weather here much sooner than any of us would like. this polar plunge is expected to linger across much of the country. our coverage continues at accu-weather where meteorologist
shelters are bracing for an onslaught of even more people. we have one room open tonight, but we ll be full tomorrow morning. reporter: more than 400 people sleep in the people serving people shelter. more will be seeking shelter monday night as more of the deep freeze pushes south. it s a big transition part of the year for homeless families. reporter: minnesota is expecting more than a foot of snow for the beginning of the workweek along with a temperature plunge that will grip much of the country for the rest of the week. winter storm warnings in minnesota, montana, and wisconsin. this is what started the wintry blast. typhoon nuri. more than 800 miles wide in the pacific. first battering alaskan islands with near 100-mile-per-hour winds. crews on fishing boats from discovery s deadliest catch scrambling to stay out of harm s way and get to land fast. we don t need to get anybody hurt. just get home safe. reporter: that powerful typhoon changing weather patterns for th
kentuckians, will you all please write in and let her know at this hour what you are drinking. i think people from kentucky drink a lot more than just bourbon. they do, but they start with i think that opening drink is very important. i m curious to know what they have. it s lunch, though. so maybe no drinking at all. we ll begin with the weather. stormy weather. a monster storm brewing in the pacific. nuri is triggering 50-foot waves. what could turn out to be the most powerful arctic storm ever. it s expected to do to the rest of the u.s. is what has forecasters on edge. one of those forecasters, abc s rob marciano. this storm is a beast. at its peak, typhoon nuri packs 180-mile-per-hour winds. now nuri has transformed into a nasty north pacific storm that will become so strong it will alter the jet stream and release
good morning. i m a ninan. good morning. i m reena ninan. i m t.j. holmes. here are some of the top stories we re following on world news now. finding common ground after the gop landslide and the president promising to work with the incoming republican majority in the senate. a new relationship that could kick off with a shot of bourbon. full details in a moment. suspected cop killer eric frein kept dozens of items inside an abandoned airplane hangar during his days on the run. those included a sniper rifle and a pistol and more than 200 rounds of ammo. one of the strongest storms on record is heading our way. typhoon nuri is now off the coast of japan but it will