The phrase "Perfect Storm" is commonly misused to describe various weather patterns and events. It is also said when referring to the movie with Mark Wahlberg and George Clooney, but that is not the issue as those two are very good actors and the movie itself is pretty good. When see a hurricane or a tornado with rain and hail, people will say "Perfect Storm" and use it as saying the storm is massive and horrendous. As the later half may be true, the use of the phrase is not. A "Perfect Storm" as experienced on October 31, 1991 off the coast of the Northern United States, consisted of a warm air from a lower-pressure system meeting cool and dry air from a high-pressure system and then mixing with a tropical moisture. These three occurrences create the "Perfect Storm". The worst-case scenario is nearly synonymous with the phrase but differs in true definition. Below is a link to a picture of the Halloween Nor'Easter. This "Perfect Storm" was true to its definition!
Perfect Storm on October 1991
**Information Courtesy of Wikipedia.org and NOAA.gov
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