Examiner.com is reporting the Atlanta-based Weather Channel
began marketing the storm as Winter Storm Athena today, explaining to viewers
it will bring cold temperatures, high winds and dump heavy snow upon the
already devastated northeastern states caused by Super Storm Sandy.
"Winter warnings this early in the season, that is
pretty significant for that area," Weather Channel winter weather expert
Tom Niziol explained on-air at 8:50 a.m. EDT. "What really compounds this
is the aftermath of Sandy, and that again is the main reason why we are naming
this storm."
Minutes later, the National Weather Service issued a
bulletin asking NWS meteorologists to cease calling the winter storm by a name.
"TWC has named the Nor'easter Athena," the
National Weather Service in Bohemia, New York said. "The NWS does not use
name winter storms in our products. Please refrain from using the term Athena
in any of our products."
The term "products" is what the NWS refers to as
their forecasts and information.
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