Nor'easter

A Nor'easter (alternatively Northeaster, see below, about German Northeast storm ) is a large-scale storm whose winds come from the northeast direction and occur mainly on the coast of the Northeastern United States and Atlantic Canada. It is a low pressure area whose center of rotation is just off the coast and the winds blow in the leading left quadrant over land from the northeast. The emergence pattern is similar to other extratropical winds. These storms can also cause flooding, coastal erosion and gale-force winds.

Properties

These storms move in later, intense stage tends to be slow. Until the center of the storm passes, the sky is overcast with thick black clouds. During a single storm, the precipitation of torrential heavy rain to fine mist can reach. Low temperatures and gale-force winds up to 160 kilometers per hour are characteristic of Nor'easter storms. In rare occasions, a Nor'easter is a cyclonic pattern and an eye, just like a hurricane. The North American Blizzard in 2006 was one of those cases.

Commonly affected areas

The northeastern states and the Atlantic provinces of Canada, particularly New England and Nova Scotia regularly experiencing a Nor'easter, mostly in the winter and early spring, sometimes during the autumn. The storms can bring significant amounts of rain and snowfall with it and often last for several days.

The Atlantic coast can be affected by the northern tip of Georgia by strong winds, high waves and extreme rainfall. In this coastal area, the Nor'easters contribute significantly to the beach erosion and can flood low -lying areas. That's why they are feared by the local residents more than the occasional hurricanes because they occur regularly and cause substantial damage to the coastline and close to houses and facilities.

Use of the term ' Nor'easter ' and its origin

The term " Nor'easter " has its origins in British English, and comes from the markings on the compass and the wind directions or the sailing course here. The (OED ) According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term was nore for North for the first time in 1612 used by Dekker ( "How blowes the winde Syr? " " Wynde! Nore Nore is West. " ), While the use of the term " Noreast " for the first time by Davis took place in 1594 ( " Noreast by North raiseth a degree in sayling 24 leagues. "). The OED gives the first use of the term nor'easter for the year 1836 in a translation of a work by Aristophanes.

The use of the form is nor'easter usual controversy on the east coast of the United States, but in New England. It is argued that nor'easter has no basis in the local dialects and so the word is referred to as a fake, the historic maritime origin of the term is rejected.

The usual pronunciation - in English-language sound sensitive - for " nor'easter " is on the coast of New England " naw- EE- stuh " (similar to " LOB stah " for " lobster" ). Away from the coast, such as in Vermont, the emphasis falls rather on " noar - eastuh ". For decades, led Edgar Comee from Brunswick, Maine a resolute campaign against the use of the term " nor'easter " by the press. His efforts, including sending hundreds of postcards was described shortly before his death by an article in The New Yorker.

Nevertheless, the term continues to be used by the press. Between 1975 and 1980, journalists used the spelling " nor'easter " only one out of five cases, in 2003 the ratio was reversed ..

Who teaches at the University of Pennsylvania linguistics professor Mark Liberman pointed out that although the citations in the OED dates back to 1837, they represent the contributions of a handful of non-resident in New England poets and writers. Liberman thinks that " nor'easter " originally a literary implementation could have been similar to " e'en " for "even " and " th'only " instead of "the only ", indicating that the case of two syllables serves the purpose of a metric versification and no inference to the former pronunciation allows ..

Known Nor'easter

  • Great Blizzard of 1888
  • Ash Wednesday storm in 1962
  • Groundhog Day Storm 1976
  • Blizzard of '78
  • Thanksgiving 1984 Nor'easter
  • Halloween Nor'easter of 1991 ( " Perfect Storm ", Clash of Nor'easter and Hurricane )
  • Storm of the Century
  • North American Blizzard 1996
  • White Juan
  • North American Blizzard 2005
  • North American Blizzard 2006
  • Thanksgiving 2006 Nor'easter
  • Spring Nor'easter 2007
  • October Nor'easter in 2011 with record snow in New England
  • Blizzard Nemo 2013
  • Cold wave in early 2014 (Hercules / polar vortex )
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