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Sunday, December 16. 2007

Nor'easter

We have our first significant nor'easter of the year today here in Yankeeland. A collision of an arctic jet stream with warmer, moist air. Sleet and snow, and that tell-tale howling, blustery gale coming out of the nor'east. Wonderful.

Why does the wind blow from the north-east for a type of storn which tends to travel in a north-eastern direction? It's because the center of the counter-clockwise spinning cyclone tends to settle off-shore, feeding off of the Gulf Stream, leaving us with the western side of the storm. (The off-shore winds, for those on ships and boats, would be blowing from the south).

Here's Wikipedia on nor'easters.

Posted by Bird Dog in Natural History and Conservation at 08:12 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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So far, we've gotten less snow than predicted, but it's frozen solid from the sleet. The roads are dangerous right now, and we're supposed to get more later today.
#1 rightwingprof (Link) on 2007-12-16 08:33 (Reply)
Got sleet and ice and cannot get up my driveway without sliding sideways
#1.1 BD on 2007-12-16 10:01 (Reply)
Blasted thing blew over my portable lightpole and broke the heck out of it. Bummed me right out. Fortunately the guests had all gone and nobody tumbled down the darkened steps. Guess I gotta repair the regular lights so I don't need the portable thingie.
#2 Knucklehead (Link) on 2007-12-16 16:47 (Reply)
What your getting is an Albuquerque low.

I shifted down here for a few days and blew it Yankee's way.

Hope y'all are staying safe.
#3 Leag on 2007-12-17 12:32 (Reply)

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