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A comment on M 4.7 Earthquake 7 km N of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey – USGS. Parent comment

Re:M 4.7 Earthquake 7 km N of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey... by chimeracoder on Friday April 05, 2024 @01:57PM (#39945236)
> Weather nerds will get very confused by ‘a cold hurricane’ since hurricanes are tropical cyclones and tropical cyclones have a warm core by definition.

Well, it's literally true: a hurricane is a tropical cyclone, and a nor'easter is an extratropical cyclone. A nor'easter is literally the "cold" counterpart of a hurricane!

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Re:M 4.7 Earthquake 7 km N of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey... by foobarian on Friday April 05, 2024 @02:17PM (#39945396)
So like, the Nor'easter is a cryo-cyclone and the regular hurricanes are pyro-cyclones!
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