It's not likely to be a big snow storm, but the models are onto the idea of merging Hurricane Igor with a strong area of low pressure working through northeast Canada later this weekend and early next week. The result is currently forecasted to be a storm that would dwarf the storm of the century of 1991.
To put things in perspective. Right now Igor has a central pressure of 935 with winds of 145 mph. The storm of the century had a central pressure of 972 with winds of 70-90 mph. Current forecasts are for this storm to have a central pressure of 927 mb by next Wednesday evening as it tracks off the coast of Labrador.
The lowest central pressure of any storm in the western hemisphere was Hurricane Gilbert in 1988 with an 888 core and maximum sustained winds of 185 mph. I don't know what the lowest central pressure for a non tropical low is, but 927 has to be close to it or perhaps a new record.
Buy bread and milk, the end is near.
-John
To put things in perspective. Right now Igor has a central pressure of 935 with winds of 145 mph. The storm of the century had a central pressure of 972 with winds of 70-90 mph. Current forecasts are for this storm to have a central pressure of 927 mb by next Wednesday evening as it tracks off the coast of Labrador.
The lowest central pressure of any storm in the western hemisphere was Hurricane Gilbert in 1988 with an 888 core and maximum sustained winds of 185 mph. I don't know what the lowest central pressure for a non tropical low is, but 927 has to be close to it or perhaps a new record.
Buy bread and milk, the end is near.
-John
