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                     Fourth Nor’easter in Three Weeks

Rams Record Editor

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Wednesday, March 21 a Nor’easter hit the Northeast region. This was the fourth Nor’easter in three weeks. More than 4,400 flights were cancelled because of the large snow amounts. A fatal crash in New York, and two in New Jersey were blamed on slippery conditions and poor visibility. The two Governors called a state of emergency. New Jersey Transit pulled their busses of the road around 3 pm, when the storm picked up. The weather system was what was left of a strong storm that barreled through the south. The awesome storm brought hail in Texas on Sunday, tornadoes in Alabama on Monday, and on Tuesday, severe storms in Florida. Utilities reported more than 88,000 people without power, and of those 73,000 were in New Jersey. The last time there have been four Nor’easters so close together, was 2015 with four storms from January 26 to February 15.

A Nor’easter is a long area of low pressure that travels up the east coast. It gets its name because the winds typically come from the northeast. Many storms have large amounts of snowfall, but not all Nor’easters have snow. They occur year round, but are most frequent from September to April. The storms normally develop between Georgia and New Jersey and move north to New England and Canada. The jet stream transports cold air south out of Canada then east. Then the Atlantic Ocean warm air tries to move north. This causes a difference in temperature with the warm air over the water and the cold over the land. All of these things cause the Nor’easter storm.      

Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/fourth-nor-easter-four-weeks-blankets-i-95-corridor-snow-n858706https://weather.com/science/weather-explainers/news/noreaster-snow-rain-wind-northeast-explainer