Storm Éowyn, pronounced ‘Ay-oh-win’, has been advancing toward Ireland and the United Kingdom and is expected to bring gusty winds, heavy rain and some snow to the region Friday and Saturday.

“This system will deepen over Atlantic oceanic waters on Friday 3, off the east coast of the country, where it will be configured as an extratropical cyclone,” Inumet said in a statement.

This extratropical cyclone will be associated with a cold front that should advance across the country, causing low temperatures, not only in the South, but in areas of the Southeast and Midwest ...

The very same Coriolis forces that create vortices in Earth's atmosphere in the tropics also create vortices at temperate latitudes, often over land, called temperate cyclones or extratropical ...