Northeast Braces for Winter Storm

Maybe a foot or so of snow in the Northeast.

Snow Hits Parts of Alberta and Montana

Never to early for winter to hit, especially if you live in parts of Alberta and Montana

Link to see "summer snow"

http://www.weather.com/news/news/canada-summer-snow-alberta

New York, New York

Yes, it's cold in New York.

And it wouldn't be a hotel room in New York if there wasn't a building under construction in sight.

Did You Set Your Clocks Back?

Daylight Saving Time officially ended at 2 a.m. Sunday.

That means you needed to set your clocks back an hour.

So hopefully, you were able to enjoy an extra hour of sleep.

The change marks the return to good old Standard Time. We sprang forward into Daylight Saving Time the second Sunday in March when we set our clocks forward one hour.

Alaska Readies for Major Storm

Western Alaska residents braced for an unusual Bering Sea storm headed toward the coast, packing hurricane-force winds and churning giant waves.

The storm was lashing parts of the shoreline with winds in excess of 80 mph late Tuesday, said Neil Murakami, a National Weather Service forecaster in Anchorage. Tiny coastal communities were at particular risk for damage from wind and expected flooding.

The storm caused a dramatic rise in sea levels, an upsurge of more than 3 feet, National Weather Service meteorologist Stephen Kearney in Fairbanks said. Officials have said the water is expected to rise another 7 feet overnight. Reports of heavy flooding are expected Wednesday morning, Kearney said.

State officials warned residents in harm's way to secure home heating fuel tanks in case sea water flooded into communities. Making communities more vulnerable than in past years is the lack of shore-fast sea ice, said Jeff Osinsky, the Weather Service's regional warning coordinator. "The presence of sea ice can sometimes act to protect coastal areas," he said.

Wind and waves started picking up by late morning, said Scott Johnson, 28, a Nome banker, prompting some people to evacuate inland to stay with friends or family in case predictions for a big ocean wave surge prove to be true.

"The waves are starting to go up against our seawall," he said from his second-story apartment that sits on the ocean.

Businesses are closing early and residents need to take every precaution.