STORM2K

If I'm not mistaken, the southern portion of the Mid-Atlantic states are long overdue for a true nor'easter. In the past several years, they have been occuring much further north. When I first moved to the Hampton Roads area in 1998, we had two very powerful nor'easters within two weeks of each other causing major coastal flooding. Since then, we really haven't had any major storm of great consequence. When I say nor'easter, I'm not talking about any storm that develops off of the Carolinas and brings rain or snow to the Mid-Atl area. I'm talking about a storm that produces wind gusts to at least 50 MPH.

Yes, we have had some snow from such Carolina systems that have been referred to as nor'eaters, but we haven't seen a really bad one with multiple days of precip and a good wind in some time. The real nor'easters have been hitting the Mason-Dixon line for several years, and with a cold winter being called for, I have a feeling that all of Virginia could see something like 1996 again (several inches of snow over the entire state).

I always thought that the split flow in the jet stream caused these storms to develop. The southern stream has been active several times over the past few years, but has never caused the development of one of these storms. It just puzzles me why we've seen no major development.

Dave R wrote:If I'm not mistaken, the southern portion of the Mid-Atlantic states are long overdue for a true nor'easter. In the past several years, they have been occuring much further north. When I first moved to the Hampton Roads area in 1998, we had two very powerful nor'easters within two weeks of each other causing major coastal flooding. Since then, we really haven't had any major storm of great consequence. When I say nor'easter, I'm not talking about any storm that develops off of the Carolinas and brings rain or snow to the Mid-Atl area. I'm talking about a storm that produces wind gusts to at least 50 MPH.

Dave I am in Hampton.

george_r_1961 wrote:

Dave R wrote:If I'm not mistaken, the southern portion of the Mid-Atlantic states are long overdue for a true nor'easter. In the past several years, they have been occuring much further north. When I first moved to the Hampton Roads area in 1998, we had two very powerful nor'easters within two weeks of each other causing major coastal flooding. Since then, we really haven't had any major storm of great consequence. When I say nor'easter, I'm not talking about any storm that develops off of the Carolinas and brings rain or snow to the Mid-Atl area. I'm talking about a storm that produces wind gusts to at least 50 MPH.

Dave I am in Hampton.

I'm on the Southside.