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A spring nor'easter with rain and high winds soaked the Jersey Shore on Sunday and continued to churn on Monday morning.
From the shore north through New York City and into southern New England, up to 4 inches of rain is expected to fall by mid-morning on Monday. A coastal flood warning has been declared for the area.
The National Weather Service issued a coastal flood warning for the area on Sunday but predicted the storm calming to a drizzle this evening.
This morning's forecast calls for areas of drizzle before 10 a.m., then isolated showers between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., then scattered sprinkles after 2 p.m. Cloudy, with a high near 55. Breezy, with a west wind between 14 and 23 mph.
For the evening, scattered sprinkles before 8 p.m., said the National Weather Service. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. Breezy, with a west wind between 13 and 20 mph.
"Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause elevated levels on small creeks and streams, and ponding of water in urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage areas and low lying spots," warned the National Weather Service, which still has hazardous weather outlooks in place for Burlington and Middlesex counties and elsewhere.
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Poindexter McSmash
10:24 am on Monday, April 23, 2012
Nor'easters are winds that come from the north east off the ocean.
This storm came from the south straight up, it's not a nor'easter..
audrey
10:37 am on Monday, April 23, 2012
storms are named for the direction they are heading.
John Hayes
12:42 pm on Monday, April 23, 2012
Nor'easters come from the south, but the most damaging winds occur as the storm passes along or just off shore. Those winds are northeasterly. Hence, "nor'easter".
bayboat
1:08 pm on Monday, April 23, 2012
Fail!
Betty Ann Fuller
1:08 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012
Poindexter: You are correct with your first sentence. Every one replying to your comment is correct. No matter where it comes FROM, albiet the south etc, the counter clockwise motion of the wind creates the windes coming FROM the north east (even though it came straight from the south).
Brick Mom
11:07 am on Monday, April 23, 2012
All I know is that Brick Spring Football went on, & The boys played awesome, storm or no storm ( if fact many played better then ever!!) GO BRICK DRAGONS!!!!
Quaghogdigger
11:15 am on Monday, April 23, 2012
This storm was a fast moving Nor'easter....Nor'easter are named because of the counter-clockwise rotation of the winds around the storm center. As a storm approaches from the south, winds along the shore areas will start out as from the south-east, then due east, then at its closest to the jersey shore, will be north-east, then as the storm moves past us, winds will go north, then northwest.
Kathie Bottazzi
2:08 pm on Monday, April 23, 2012
Prevailing winds and trees are all left leaning @ the patch..with gusts of hot air mostly..although there are small breaks of sunshine and calm when cooler winds collaborate .. just saying!!
Joe Marrma
2:19 pm on Monday, April 23, 2012
A nor'easter (also northeaster; see below) is a type of macro-scale storm along the East Coast of the United States and Atlantic Canada, so named because the storm travels to the northeast from the south and the winds come from the northeast, especially in the coastal areas of the Northeastern United States and Atlantic Canada. The storm is a type of cyclone with characteristics very similar to a hurricane. More specifically it describes a low-pressure area whose center of rotation is just off the East Coast and whose leading winds in the left forward quadrant rotate onto land from the northeast. The precipitation pattern is similar to that of other extratropical storms. Nor'easters also can cause coastal severe flooding, coastal erosion, hurricane force winds, blizzard conditions, these conditions are usually accompanied with heavy snow or rain depending on when the storm occurs. Nor'easters can occur at any time of the year but are known mostly for their presence in the winter season.[1] Nor'easters can be devastating and damaging, especially in the winter months, when most damage and deaths are cold-related, as nor'easters are known for bringing extremely cold air down from the Arctic air mass. Nor'easters thrive on the converging air masses; that is, the polar cold air mass and the warmer ocean water of the Gulf Stream.[2]
non crazy resident
5:24 pm on Monday, April 23, 2012
nice copy and paste from wiki... next time remove the subscripts.... dumb ass..
Betty Ann Fuller
1:09 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012
If we were in school, we'd get an "F" for borrowning someone else's text. He should have noted that in his comment.