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Nor'easter

A nor'easter (also northeaster; see below) is a large-scale extratropical cyclone in the western North Atlantic Ocean. The name derives from the direction of the winds that blow from the northeast. Typically, such storms originate as a low-pressure area that forms within 100 miles (160 km) of the shore between North Carolina and Massachusetts. The…

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Nor'easter

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related to Etymology and usage · 21
Nor'easter → According, American English, Ansted, Aristophanes, As, British English, Early, East Coast, January, John Davis's, Nor' Nor'-east, Nor'east, Noreast, North, OED, Oxford English Dictionary, Soundings, The, The Seaman's Secrets, Thus
related to Formation · 15
Nor'easter → Atlantic, Canada, Cape Cod, Coriolis, Counterclockwise, East Coast, Gulf, Gulf Stream, In, Long Island, Nor'easters, North Carolina, The, Very, When
related to Geography · 13
Nor'easter → Atlantic, Atlantic Canada, Biologists, Cape Cod, Eastern Canada, Maine, New England, Nor'easters, North Carolina, South Carolina, The, United States, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
related to Characteristics · 10
Nor'easter → All, During, Early February, High, January, Nor'easters, North American, On, Such, Temperatures
related to External links · 7
Nor'easter → Archived, Blizzard Video, Dec, Duxbury, Magazine, Massachusetts April, Northeast Sea Grant Programs
see also · 4
Nor'easter → America, Nor'westerBlack, Northwest, Weather
is a · 1
Nor'easter → strong extratropical cyclone

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nor'easters north storm coast storms air atlantic winds canada tropical snow new northeast low-pressure carolina usually warm east extratropical develop

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nor'-eastinstance ofin combinations0.80text
nor-nor-westinstance ofin combinations0.80text
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date to the late 16th centuryinstance ofin combinations0.80text
as in John Davis's 1594 The Seaman's Secretsinstance ofin combinations0.80text
Nor'easterrelated to CharacteristicsNor'easters0.60section
Nor'easterrelated to CharacteristicsSuch0.60section
Nor'easterrelated to CharacteristicsTemperatures0.60section
Nor'easterrelated to CharacteristicsDuring0.60section
Nor'easterrelated to CharacteristicsAll0.60section
Nor'easterrelated to CharacteristicsHigh0.60section

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