A nor'easter is a low pressure system that moves up or along the east coast producing winds from the northeast. Northeast winds are always a cold wind. In winter they hold the cold air in place providing one ingredient for a snowstorm. In fall, spring or even in summer they keep the temperatures well below average. Low pressures rotate in a counterclockwise direction in the northern hemisphere producing these northeast winds. Nor'easters do more damage to the coast than hurricanes or tropical storms. Nor'easters can sustain northeast winds for a longer period of time than tropical systems causing more erosion to the beach and more damage to coastal towns. Once the low pressure passes the winds shift and become northwest. Our weekend Nor'easter is now to our north but because of its intensity and slow movement we are going to experience high winds through this evening and strong winds through tomorrow. We called this storm a monster last week. It did not disappoint so to speak. The storm produced snow in the Rockies and the Plains States, tornadoes in the south, three to four inches of rain here and five to seven inches of rain in the New England with heavy wet snows inland and of course now, the fierce winds. If it were January this storm may have set our all time snowfall record for a single storm but that's another story.