Notorious Nor'easters

March 1993 ("Blizzard of '93")
Halloween 1991
President's Day 1979
Ash Wednesday 1962

Could we be in for another 'Notorious Nor'easter'

December 10-13, 1992 Nor'easter a very bad one indeed!!

It turned most of Eastern Massachusetts into a parking lot for days. I was in Maine where the snowfall was modest but there was no way to drive south because Boston was such a mess.

That February, I haad the chicken pox. RI was shut down, no one was going anywhere. No power, we had to stay at the local fire station. I wonder how many people I gave the chicken pox to.

That was a corker

central maine for over a 2 week period. Drifts were higher than telephone poles and they were using bulldozers to clear roads because the plows were snowed in. If you lived in a one story building you could not see out of the windows, hell you could not even see the house, it looked like a snow drift.

The less that goes on in the rest of the world, the worse it will be.

Seriously though, they are predicting 20 foot waves crazy wind and possible flooding in Portland, where I live. And I have to work today:(

Hopefully it won't be to bad around 4 (when I come home)

Can't get any good coastal Ekman flows with winds out of the south.

Again, I'm just worried about flooding where I am. I hope to visit York Beach sometime this summer and hope I dn't have to go around in a gondola.

flooding will be minimal. It's when you have heavy rains and high winds out of the northeast that you get the heavy coastal flooding.

once this storm enters the Atlantic Ocean and intensifies. It will then stall and create a northeastern flow for days, piling water upon the Atlantic seaboard with serious erosive wave action. Add 3-4 inches of rain on top of that.....not to mention snow that will be measured in feet inland over the higher elevations. This has all the potential to be a big one.

All of the other storms mentioned in this thread have one thing in common that this storm doesn't: They were winter storms. This type of weather pattern in mid-April is extremely unusual. Chalk another one up for global warming. Weather patterns are turned topsy-turvy making for dangerous, deadly conditions at times when there is usually a dearth of this type of activity.

This ain't nuthin' but a thang!

This is not going to be anything but a DC blow job! :rofl:

Give me a break!!

The hard stock 0f New England have seen much worse than this!

We won't drown and NH will still be there!! RELAX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a wicked dweeb!!!!!!!!! :crazy:

the OP was discussing the entire northeast, not just your little slice of it. This is going to hit some people very hard. Somehow that's funny to you? And I'M the dweeb? :crazy: Get a grip on yourself.

for saying 'dweeb' but you said that this was an uncommon accurance and it isn't!!

These storms always get hyped up by the news and weather reporting!

This kind of storm is not unusual in spring, in NE!

Most of the snow was/is in the mountains.

The flooded area's are well known for flooding.

And although 3 people have been killed, which is awful;

why do people insist on going out and driving in it?? :crazy:

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Police: Numerous Accidents Reported Across State (NH)

http://www.wmur.com/news/12075822/detail.html#

UPDATED: 5:27 pm EDT April 15, 2007



Sunday's nor'easter sparked numerous accidents all over state roads.

State police said they had dozens of reports of cars sliding off the roads
as snow and rain pelted most of the state Sunday afternoon.

In one case, a car was sent up onto a barrier on the Everett Turnpike in Merrimack.
Police haven't said what, if any, injuries the driver in that crash suffered.

Sunday afternoon, officers reminded drivers to take caution when driving and to
stay off the roads if at all possible.

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Nor'easter

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Areas often affected

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nor%27easter#Areas_often_affected

The northeastern United States and Atlantic Canada, particularly the New England coast and Nova
Scotia see nor'easters each year, most often in the winter and early spring, but also sometimes
during the autumn. These storms can leave inches of rain or several feet of snow on the region,
and sometimes last for several days.

There are some coastal areas I'm glad I don't live in today. However, as I am unlikely to lose anything myself I agree its nothing....

;)

Nor'easter - Nor'easter - Nor'easter -

The winds come out of the NORTH EAST!!!

Hence? The name, Nor'easter . ;)

No big whoop. It'll blow over early.

http://www.weather.com/encyclopedia/winter/noreast.html

Nor'easters
Nor'easters are among winter's most ferocious storms. These strong areas of low pressure often form either in the Gulf of Mexico or off the East Coast in the Atlantic Ocean. The low will then either move up the East Coast into New England and the Atlantic provinces of Canada or out to sea.

In places like New York City and Boston, for instance, if the wintertime low tracks up to the west of these cities, wintry precipitation will often change to rain.

However, if the low moves slightly off the coast to the east of these cities, assuming there is enough moisture and cold air accompanying the storm, Boston and New York will typically get snow or a mixture of precipitation types.

A nor'easter gets its name from its continuously strong northeasterly winds blowing in from the ocean ahead of the storm and over the coastal areas. These winter weather events are notorious for producing heavy snow, rain, and oversized waves that crash onto Atlantic beaches, often causing beach erosion and structural damage. Wind gusts associated with these storms can exceed hurricane force in intensity. .....

and a very gentle snowfall but the National Weather (NOAA) map for the east coast looks scarey! I think about my friends to the north in Alstead, NH who are still rebuilding after a terrible flood over a year ago. I'm on a hill here (one of the pack Monadnocks) so flooding won't be a concern but high winds will. I don't care about the snow...as Mayor James M. Curley said "God put it here, God will take it away'.

:hi: Heavy snow in Chesterfield.

I'm southeast of Keene in Marlborough. The snow has gotten heavier here in the last hour but no wind yet. Stay safe and dry!

so far just rain.

last night's local weather said mostly rain, possibly 1"-3" of snow into Monday

I think the biggest problem will be high tide flooding

That's what happened in 92 in the communities along the Navesink and Shrewsbury rivers. Sea Bright and Highlands were so far under water that there are pictures of large Coast Guard vessels sailing through the streets.

I'm a few miles away from there, fairly low lying but I should be high enough to escape any problems.

I had an environmental restoration business at the time, and did lots of work restoring and fortifying slopes along the Navesink and Shrewsbury.

The 92 storm was really bad, these days there are many more fancy homes built along the shore in places that are very prone to flooding under the right circumstances.

The evil part of me is sort of hoping to be able to go out with my camera and take pictures of waterfront McMansions up to their windowsills in sea water. I know one particularly big ugly one that ruined the view from the Oceanic Bridge....I'd love to see...

STOP, STOP you do not want to wish evil on anyone--even filthy rich people with horrible taste.

The good part of me is hoping that the coming storm is much overrated and that everything will be just fine. The 92 storm came as something of a surprise, it sounds like people are more ready for this.

wind, wind and more wind. We are south shore, so temps won't drop under 40 for the duration, I just feel sorry for those who live in the flood prone areas.. they are going to be hit hard.

It got kind of scary last night. I am watching the local news to see how extensive the flood damage was. I heard there was some, but it didn't specify where.

I know they were talking about allot of second homes being in danger of being flooded out..but then there are people with first homes on the water as well.

Just reading a local article on posible flooding in Portland, ME-

http://www.wcsh6.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=57846

snippet from WCSH-