Can A Typhoon in Japan Affect Our Weather in Kentucky UPDATE?

Well, I've actually had to give this thing a few days to get moving. No longer a tropical entity, the 'disturbance' that was once a super typhoon as it slammed into Okinawa, is just now getting caught up in the flow above the Kamchatka Peninsula and will next begin circling around the Aleutian Low.

I've learned that with this process, typhoons that cross Japan do not necessarily affect our weather within 7 to as much as 10 days as some have theorized. It can happen though.

However, an unusual dip in the polar jet will alter our summertime weather pattern for a few days next week, preventing any precipitation or additional fronts to affect the region after the main front passes early during the week.

As a side note, did you the know that Japan used 'balloon bombs' during World War II? Attaching explosives and relying on the prevailing wind currents of the jet stream, several of these balloons were able to cross the Pacific within a few days and actually caused some destruction and isolated casualties. Some of the balloons even made it as far east as the Midwest.

Here is a current look at the Pacific Satellite from The Weather Channel....

http://www.weather.com/maps/maptype/satelliteworld/pacificoceansatellite_large_animated.html

MS