Hurricane Harbor: Crazy Wild WXR in Carolina & East Coast as Cyclone IAN Dances Down Under...

Sometimes I like looking at weather from different perspectives. Currently the tightly wound up Low swirling it's way East moving in from the Pacific is one of the most beautiful features on the loops.

Why? For one it will be the next big Winter storm to work it's way towards the East Coast.

Today a long, strong frontal boundary was draped across the length of most of the Eastern Seaboard.

That front that raced East today towards the Atlantic brought an 86 MPH wind gust at RDU International Airport. Crazy, but true.

Another good link to see this progression of winter across our beautiful nation.

http://www.goes.noaa.gov/GSSLOOPS/ecwv.html

Nice.. winter is definitely upon us... though it will really feel that way if there is snow in my part of the world. Otherwise, it just feels cold, dreary and gray and I prefer snow falling from the sky if I am going to spend time Up North.

As for the tropics...

What's in a name? TWC tried to get us excited about Winter Storm ION which quickly became "POLAR VORTEX" rather than Ion... seems when a storm has societal impacts society names the storm!!

In the Pacific............South Pacific Cyclone Ian is showing it's stuff on the satellite images.