Directory of Nor'Easters Resources

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A Nor'Easter is a type of storm whose winds come from the northeast. Usually, it describes a storm that is just off the United States east coast, and whose winds bring severe cold, and a lot of snow.

Resources in This Category

• Storm-E: Nor'easters

  http://www3.cet.edu/weather2/h17.html
  Provides a description of the events needed to form a nor'easter. Contains diagrams.

• The Perfect Storm

  http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/satellite/satelliteseye/cyclones/pfctstorm91/pfctstorm.html
  Detailed scientific look at the east coast storm of late October/early November 1991.

• USAToday.com: Coastal Storms Can Confound Forecasters

  http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/weather/tg/wnoreast/wnoreast.htm
  Story about how nor'easters are hard to predict.

• What is a Nor'easter?

  http://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/storms/noreaster.htm
  Explains how these storms form, and has a list of famous Nor'Easters.

• Wikipedia: Nor'easter

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nor'easter
  Quick overview of this type of storm.

 

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