[Once again] "Nor'easter"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 1/20/2010 10:16 AM, Arnold Zwicky wrote:
>On Jan 20, 2010, at 3:14 AM, Geoff Nathan wrote:
>
>>... I'm a little surprised that everyone didn't simply know that a
>>Nor'easter was a major snowstorm
>
>not necessarily a *snow*storm, though the most spectacular nor'easters
>have been snowstorms.

Except perhaps, in the memory of The Oldest Inhabitant, for those
that were elevated to hurricanes or tornadoes.


>>that rolls up the east coast, hitting New York, Boston, Maine and
>>then the Maritimes....
>
>the senses are connected.  as i understand these things, these storms
>are low-pressure systems, with the associated winds moving circularly
>from the low-pressure front to higher-pressure areas. so the winds in
>the classic nor'easter come from the northeast. (this can be
>confusing, because the storm itself is moving from south to north.)

Viz. Honest Ben, who cleared up the confusion.

Joel

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