Climate Central: The blizzard of 2013, named "Nemo" by weather.com, is unleashing a paralyzing blitz of heavy snow, strong winds, and coastal flooding in the Northeast. These images and videos help explain the dynamics powering the storm, as well as its potential consequences.
This three-day satellite loop from NASA shows how the blizzard grew out of a moisture-charged storm traversing the southern part of the country, and a northern system riding the polar jet stream down from the Midwest. Once those two systems...