Storm expected to cause unseasonably freezing temperatures across the US

Storm expected to cause unseasonably freezing temperatures across the US

After blasting Alaska’s Aleutian islands, the remnants of Typhoon Nuri will push Arctic air into the lower 48 states starting Tuesday

The remnants of Typhoon Nuri are seen in an NOAA satellite image on November 7, 2014. The storm is dissipating but is expected to send temperatures in the lower 48 states plummeting this week. Photograph: NOAA/Reuters

Associated Press

Sunday 9 November 2014 09.16 EST

A massive storm expected to help push Arctic air toward the lower 48 states was moving slowly eastward after blasting parts of Alaska’s Aleutian chain with hurricane-force winds.
The tempest fueled by the remnants of Typhoon Nuri was forecast to play a role in generating a high-pressure system that will allow frigid air to blanket the central plains, starting with eastern Montana and the Dakotas on Sunday. The frigid temperatures are expected to spill south into the central plains on Monday.
The system was centered 220 miles northwest of Adak in the Aleutian chain, David Kochevar, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said early Sunday.
“It’s slowly dissipating over the Bering Sea,” he said.
Its strongest winds had diminished considerably and were recorded at just 45 mph in Adak and Shemya Island, Kochevar said.
The storm peaked Friday with sustained winds of 70 mph and gusts up to 96 mph on Shemya, forecasters said.
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