The tropical cyclone season may be fading in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans (Southern hemisphere aside) but mid-latitude storms are coming. And they are going to be big, bad and powerful. One will hit Japan on November 25, another will come from the Pacific and slam into British Columbia on November 21, 2014.
Generally extra-tropical cyclones are not so powerful (There are exceptions) as their tropical cousins, but the one likely to hit Canada is going to be particularly nasty with a minimum pressure of 960-970 mb.
We deal with the Japan storm first. It will come as a low pressure from China, move over Korea, strengthening all the time. As it approaches Japan it will intensify further, the pressure being about 998 mb. Not a very big storm but will bring strong winds and rains to Japan on November 25, 2014.
XWF Map: November 25, 2014: The Mid-latitude storm approaches Japan. Heavy rains and strong winds are expected around then
THE BRITISH COLUMBIA STORM EXPECTED ON NOVEMBER 21, 2014
The other storm is going to be bigger. It will start off as an innocuous low pressure in the Pacific and then move towards the Bay of Alaska strengthening all the time. Make no mistake, this guy is going to be big and powerful. A central pressure of 970 mb. Ominous. It is going to cross the Canadian coast on November 21, 2014. British Columbia (And southern Alaska) are in for gale and heavy precipitation in a week.
XWF Map: The storm moving towards Canada. November 21, 2014.
November 21, 2014. Alaska and western Canada are in trouble as a 960 mb storm is going to hit them
November 21, 2014: Hurricane like winds are going to strike southern Alaskan coast and British Columbia
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