The video of snowstorm Nemo from space was recorded by the GOES-13 weather satellite from Thursday (Feb. 7) through early Saturday, as two low-pressure weather systems collided to form a single, giant nor'easter. According to NASA's GOES Project officials, 'the two systems came together and created a blizzard of historic proportions in New England.'
'On Feb. 9 at 4 a.m., hundreds of thousands of people were without power in Massachusetts alone,' GOES Project officials wrote in a video description.
Snowstorm Nemo buried much of the Northeast in more than 2 feet of snow, with the storm being blamed for at least four deaths, according to press reports.
The GOES-13 satellite video shows the storm form over two days as a powerful Alberta Clipper system carrying cold Arctic air from Western Canada slammed into a low-pressure system that moved northward from the Gulf Coast in the south.
GOES-13 is operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which oversees a fleet of Earth-watching satellites with NASA to monitor the planet's weather systems.
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