The Collaborative International Dictionary
noreaster \noreaster\, nor'easter \nor'easter\n. a storm blowing from the northeast; -- a term used especially in the northeastern region of the United States.
Syn: northeaster.
Wiktionary
n. An extratropical storm, usually found in coastal New England and Atlantic Canada, whose winds usually come from the northeast.
Wikipedia
A nor’easter (also northeaster; see below) is a macro-scale cyclone occurring along the upper East Coast of the United States and Atlantic Canada. The name derives from the direction of the strongest winds—as an offshore air mass rotates counter-clockwise, winds tend to blow northeast-to-southwest over the land in those regions. Use of the term in North America is associated with several different types of storms, some of which can form in the North Atlantic Ocean and some of which form as far south as the Gulf of Mexico. The term is most often used in the coastal areas of New England and the Mid-Atlantic states. Typically, such storms originate as a low-pressure area that forms within of the shore between Georgia and New Jersey. The precipitation pattern is similar to that of other extratropical storms. Nor’easters are usually accompanied by very heavy rain or snow, and can cause severe coastal flooding, coastal erosion, hurricane-force winds, or blizzard conditions. Nor'easters are usually most intense during winter in the Canadian Maritimes and New England. They thrive on converging air masses—the cold polar air mass and the warmer oceanic air over the Gulf Stream—and are more severe in winter when the difference in temperature between these air masses is greater.
Nor'easters tend to develop most often and most powerfully between the months of September and April, although they can (less commonly) develop during other parts of the year as well. The Northeast megalopolis is very heavily affected by Nor'easters each winter, as the East Coast of the United States is a prime spot for these storms to develop, where warm air from the Atlantic Ocean collides with the arctic cold to the north and west.
"Nor'easter" is the third episode of the second season of the anthology television series American Horror Story, which premiered on October 31, 2012 on the cable network FX. The episode is written by Jennifer Salt and directed by Michael Uppendahl.
Nor'easter was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or a Movie.
The episode focuses on the asylum's staff attempt to maintain order as a fierce storm hits the area, allowing some patients to try another escape. Chloë Sevigny guest stars as Shelley. The episode originally aired two days after Hurricane Sandy's US landfall. This episode is rated TV-MA (LSV).
Nor'easter or Northeaster may refer to:
- Nor'easter, a type of winter storm on the east coast of North America
- Nor'easter (American Horror Story), an episode of the television show
- Northeaster (painting), an 1885 work
Usage examples of "nor'easter".
Eighteen months after the ditchings, a nor'easter roars up the coast that, even before it's fully formed, meteorologists are referring to as the "Mother of All Storms.
She's the only vessel of any kind to encounter both storms at their height, and they happen to be two of the most powerful nor'easters of the century.
The island's exposed to the open ocean, and it gets hammered by Nor'easters every fall.
The storm, passing up Chesapeake Bay, was expected to become New England's first nor'easter of the season.