Scarburu, Min (AP) – Unusual May Nor’easter Stowned in New England on Thursday and threatened to bring snow to higher altitudes as the states are ready for the anniversary holiday.
Nor’eastters usually reaches the end of the fall and winter and attend intense winds, rugged seas and rain in the form of precipitation or snow. This week, NOR’ASter can bring wind storms more than 40 miles per hour (64 km per hour) and up to 2 inches (5 centimeters) of rain in some areas. The prophets said that the snow was possible in the Maine and New Hampsheer Mountains.
The storm brought a dark sky to New England during a period of the year usually dedicated to sunlight and cooking. The storm was expected to continue until Friday.
What is nor’aaster?
The storm of the eastern coast is the storm of the eastern coast that has been called because the winds over the coastal area are usually from the northeast, according to the national weather service. Storms can occur at any time of the year, but they are the most frequent and stronger between September and April, according to the service.
Storms caused Billion dollars In the past. They usually reach their high strength in New England and East Canada. Storms often disrupt traffic and power networks and can cause them Damage To homes and companies.
“We have a stronger jet stream, which helps to intensify the low pressure system that is just taking place on the coast. Thus he got the name Nor’ASter,” said Kyle Pederson, Meteorological Service in the National Weather Service in Boston.
The rain reaches, and you can follow the snow
The storm struck Boston with heavy rains and harsh winds on Thursday morning. The southern state of Massachusetts was also dealing with the heavy rains that were made on a chaotic morning trip.
Pederson said it was expected that rain in Rod Island, South and East Massachusetts would fall. The translated inconvenience floods and difficult driving conditions were possible on Thursday, but it was not expected for the catastrophic floods.
Coastal flood consultations and storm warnings were issued to many coastal areas in New England and New York on Thursday.
Then the storm was expected to pass, leaving the light rain and incomplete spray, on Friday.
“It is just a nice dose of rain in the area – you don’t expect much for the floods,” Pederson said.
Snow is expected to be limited to mountainous areas, but there are possible accumulations.
Why is light rare in May
NOR’ASTERS is usually winter weather events, and it is not customary to see in May. It is usually formed when there are major temperature differences from west to east during the winter when there is a cold air on the ground and relatively warm oceans.
But there is now traffic congestion in the air due to a high pressure area in the Canadian Arctic, which allows unusually cold air to heat the northeast. The low pressure system is fed off the eastern coast by a jet stream that is located unusually south at the present time.
“It is really a type of winter preparation that you rarely see this late,” said Judas Cohen, the director of the seasonal prediction in aerial research and the private environment.
If this type of style occurs in the air two months ago, he says: “We will talk about a snowy storm paralyzed in the northeastern United States, and not just a wet start on the day of anniversary.”
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Omali reported from Philadelphia.
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