Nor'easter - Wikipedia
A nor'easter (also northeaster; see below) is a large-scale extratropical cyclone in the western North Atlantic Ocean. The name derives from the direction of the winds that blow from the northeast. Typically, such storms originate as a low-pressure area that forms within 100 miles (160 km) of the shore between North Carolina and Massachusetts.
What is a Nor'easter? - National Weather Service
A Nor’easter is a storm along the East Coast of North America, so called because the winds over the coastal area are typically from the northeast. These storms may occur at any time of year but are most frequent and most violent between September and April.
What exactly is a nor'easter? - AccuWeather
These storms come with a reputation and, often, nicknames like “The Storm of the Century" and “The Perfect Storm" -- and when meteorologists use this term, they mean business.
What Is A Nor'easter? | Weather.com - The Weather Channel
2024年2月12日 · A nor'easter is a strong area of low pressure along the East Coast of the United States that typically features winds from the northeast off the Atlantic Ocean – hence the term "nor'easter."
What Is a Nor'easter? | NOAA SciJinks – All About Weather
6 天之前 · A nor'easter is a type of storm that forms along the East Coast of North America. Nor'easters are named after the direction from which the strongest winds typically blow over the northeast states, including New England and the Mid-Atlantic states.
What Is a Nor'easter? - HowStuffWorks
2023年9月14日 · A nor'easter is a type of massive cyclonic storm that forms within 100 miles (160 kilometers) of the United States' East Coast, traveling inland into the New England and Mid-Atlantic regions and reaching northward to the maritime provinces of Canada.
What Is A Nor'easter? - Weather Underground
2024年2月12日 · A nor'easter is a strong area of low pressure along the East Coast of the United States that typically features winds from the northeast off the Atlantic Ocean – hence the term "nor'easter."
February 2024 nor'easter - Wikipedia
The February 2024 nor'easter was a quick-moving but powerful and disruptive nor'easter that brought widespread effects primarily in the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions of the Northeastern United States.Developing from a combination of an upper-level low and an area of low-pressure in the Southwestern United States on February 10, the system first brought …
Nor'easter - National Geographic Society
2024年6月26日 · A nor’easter is a low-pressure system that forms a storm and travels along the eastern coast of the United States. While the storms often affect the Northeast, the term nor’easter is derived from the fact that the winds around the low-pressure system blow from the …
What is a Nor'easter? - AccuWeather
2013年2月11日 · A nor'easter is a storm that mainly affects the northeastern part of the United States.