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Snurricane referring to a snow storm stronger than a blizzard - U.S. East Coast currently preparing for a snurricane “You may hear it called a ‘snow hurricane’ because blizzard may not even do it justice,” said Alex Sosnowski, expert senior meteorologist with Accuweather.com The term "snurricane" was coined by New Jersey resident, Rebecca Incorvaia, in February of 2010. although some weather neophytes have referenced snownado - they miss some key points - A tornado is an isolated storm event which almost always forms ahead of a front. Certain storm clouds begin to strengthen into 'supercells', and the collision between the high pressure and low pressure systems causes the winds to circulate around each other. While the storms along the front and the supercells appear on radar Hurricanes, on the other hand, are systems within themselves. The entire system forms from a low pressure system generally located in the tropics. The heated ocean water serves as fuel for the cloud formations, which slowly begin to form bands of rain clouds around the center of the low pressure. Pushed further into the ocean by prevailing winds and the jet stream, a potential hurricane begins as a 'wave', then a 'depression', followed by 'storm' when the sustained winds are between 39 and 74 miles per hour. By this point, national meteorologists usually assigned a specified name to the system, following an alphabetical progression. The first named tropical storm or hurricane begins with A, the second with B and so on. Once the sustained winds reach 75 miles per hour, the storm is officially a hurricane. Unlike a tornado, the formation of a hurricane can be detected early and precisely measured throughout its life. more commonly known as a snownado 
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