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Nor and easters
* 1978 – The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor ' easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65 mph and snowfall of 4 " an hour.
Extratropical storms often affect the county ; in the winter, Nor ' easters bring heavy snow and rain, and sometimes high wind.
The county's elevation and proximity to the ocean causes snow from both Nor ' easters and lake effect upslope snow events to fall from late October through early April.
However, measurable snowfalls every winter, and in many winters one or more intense storms called Nor ' easters may occasionally produce blizzard conditions with snowfalls of 1 – 2 feet ( 30 – 60 cm ) and near-hurricane force winds.
Nor ' easters also can cause coastal severe flooding, coastal erosion, hurricane force winds, blizzard conditions, these conditions are usually accompanied with heavy snow or rain depending on when the storm occurs.
Nor ' easters can occur at any time of the year but are known mostly for their presence in the winter season.
Nor ' easters can be devastating and damaging, especially in the winter months, when most damage and deaths are cold-related, as nor ' easters are known for bringing extremely cold air down from the Arctic air mass.
Nor ' easters thrive on the converging air masses ; that is, the polar cold air mass and the warmer ocean water of the Gulf Stream.
Nor ' easters form along the East Coast of the United States, usually in the months between October and April, although nor ' easters can form any time of the year.
Nor ' easters are usually formed by an area of vorticity associated with an upper-level disturbance or from a kink in a frontal surface that causes a surface low-pressure area to develop.
Nor ' easters differ from tropical cyclones in that nor ' easters are cold-core low-pressure systems, meaning that they thrive on cold air.
Nor ' easters are often mistaken for Euroclydons, but these are two separate weather patterns.
Nor ' easters cause a significant amount of severe beach erosion in these areas, as well as flooding in the associated low-lying areas.
Nor ' easters usually bring massive amounts of precipitation, high winds, large waves, and marginal storm surge to coastal areas.
Biologists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on Cape Cod have determined Nor ' easters are an environmental factor for red tides of the Atlantic coast.
The Nor ' easters are a member of the Commonwealth Coast Conference ( TCCC ).
Category: Nor ' easters
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East Hampton is regularly hit by hurricanes and Nor ' easters.
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Nor and often
" Not Chaos, notThe darkest pit of lowest Erebus, Nor aught of blinder vacancy, scooped outBy help of dreams — can breed such fear and aweAs fall upon us often when we lookInto our Minds, into the Mind of Man — My Haunt, and the main region of my song.
: Nor, as has so often been claimed, did new recruits, some 400 of whom Yasinsky had interviewed, arrive in numbers large enough to dilute or even ' demoralize ' Kronstadt's Red sailors.
Nor is it easily known how long a medication must be continued before an off-medication trial should be conducted to determine whether the individual has outgrown the absence seizures, as is often the case in children.
Nor is it often reproductively driven.
It is often called " The township under the Nor ' west arch ", in reference to a characteristic weather phenomenon, which often creates an arch of cloud in an otherwise clear sky to the west of the township.
Nor were the grandees or ducal families of Portugal and Spain ( where titles, being habitually transmissible through both male and female lines, were often inherited by relatives of non-patrilineal lineage ).
After interviewing and studying the hijra for many years, Serena Nanda writes in her book, Neither Man Nor Woman: The hijras of India, as follows: " There is a widespread belief in India that hijras are born hermaphrodites and are taken away by the hijra community at birth or in childhood, but I found no evidence to support this belief among the hijras I met, all of whom joined the community voluntarily, often in their teens.
Nor ' westers caused by cold fronts will often change within a day or two to a cool southerly wind accompanied by rain showers, as the front passes through.
Rainfall averages around 375-600mm here: summer is hot and relatively dry, and often accompanied by the Nor ' wester foehn wind ; autumn is short, cool and sunny ; and winter is cold, with substantial falls of snow.
Nor was there any suggestion of bribery or other corruption, which often took the place of a patron's control in other " independent " constituencies.
" Nor is it conclusive that police helicopters may often fly at 400 feet.
Nor is every hamlet a frazione ; those that are not are often referred to as località, for example in the telephone book.

Nor and dump
Massachusetts ' geographic location, jutting out into the North Atlantic, also makes the city very prone to Nor ' easter weather systems that can dump more than of snow on the region in one storm event.

Nor and heavy
* Nor ' Ida ( 2009 )-Formed from the remants of Hurricane Ida, produced moderate storm surge, strong winds and very heavy rainfall throughout the mid-atlantic region.
Nor do present standards consider interactions of heavy metals and pharmaceuticals which may foster the development of drug resistant pathogens in waters derived from sewage.

Nor and snow
The National Weather Service estimated this incredible Nor ' easter dumped of snow in Connecticut and Massachusetts, while New Jersey and New York had.
But Nor, his brother, waited until snow lay on the moors so he could travel on snow-shoes.
The Nor ' wester rally held in Tumwater, Washington, had perfect weather ( cold, rain, and 11 stages covered with more than six inches of snow ) that " helped Production Class winners fourth place overall Gene Henderson and Jim Kloosterman since, " It was perfect conditions for our 4wd ( AMC ) Eagle.
Trying to head a bad Nor ' easter and snow, too

Nor and wind
The ' Nor ' wester ' is a foehn wind similar to the Chinook of Canada, where mountain ranges in the path of prevailing moisture laden winds force air upwards, thus cooling the air and condensing the moisture to rain, producing hot dry winds in the descending air lee of the mountains.
The warm foehn wind, locally known as the Chinook wind, Bergwind or Diablo wind or Nor ' wester depending on the region, provide examples of this type of wind, and are driven in part by latent heat released by orographic-lifting-induced precipitation.
The primary runway, 02 / 20, is oriented near perpendicular to Canterbury's Nor ' wester foehn wind.
The Nor ' wester foehn wind is thus a frequent weather pattern, and annual rainfall is only in the region of 300-400mm.
It is shown in an apparent arch of high white cloud in an otherwise clear blue sky over the Southern Alps, and is accompanied by a strong hot northwesterly or northerly wind simply known as The Nor ' wester.
The storm is a contender for the title of most powerful extratropical cyclone recorded in the U. S. in the 20th century ; with respect to wind velocity, it is unmatched by the March 1993 " Storm of the Century " and the " 1991 Halloween Nor ’ easter " (" The Perfect Storm ").
Nor could we use artificial light as this was extinguished by the wind and copious ashes which penetrated everywhere.
And the wind from out the Nor ' east stronger blew

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