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The Winter Storm Team of The Weather Channel has named the current nor’easter “Winter Storm Athena” – first named winter storm! However, shortly after The Weather Channel announced the name Athena this morning, the National Weather Service office in Bohemia, N.Y., circulated an internal direction to its forecasters not to use The Weather Channel’s name for the Nor’easter storm.
Forecasters predict up to six inches of snowfall combined with winds gusting over 35 mph at times Wednesday afternoon through Thursday mid-morning across portions of Eastern Pennsylvania, including the Philadelphia Metro Area, New Jersey, southeastern New York, Connecticut and interior New England, still undergoing extensive recovery efforts from Sandy.
Related articles
- Winter Storm Athena: Why We Named It (weather.com)
- Winter Storm Athena? National Weather Service tells its forecasters not to use The Weather Channel’s name for storm (chicagotribune.com)
- Winter Storm Athena: Why We Named It (weather.com)
- What They’re Saying About Athena (weather.com)
- Winter Storm Athena: Snow Photos (http://www.weather.com/news/athena-noreaster-images-20121107
- East Coast orders evacuations as Winter Storm Athena moves in days after Sandy (rt.com)
- Why Are Winter Storms Suddenly Getting Named? (mentalfloss.com)
- Should winter storms be named like hurricanes? Weather Channel says yes; National Weather Service, no (tbo.com)
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