Look out, Northeasterners: two massive low pressure systems are merging, creating the potential for wind gusts up to 60 miles an hour and heavy precipitation. We’re experiencing what will probably be ...
A storm has blown up over the name of the huge nor'easter that dumped up to 40 inches of snow on the north-eastern U.S. in the last few days. The Weather Channel (TWC) began naming winter storms in ...
BOSTON – At the onset of the Northeast blizzard, meteorologists weren’t sure whether the snowstorm would drop 18 inches or 30, but they were sure about one thing – it definitely, absolutely, would not ...
Nemo. The name doesn’t exactly strike fear, but it has its share of loathing. Who picked that dumb name? Why would you name a winter storm after a fish? Isn’t it just a publicity stunt by the Weather ...
In 2012, the Weather Channel made the announcement that it is was going to assign names to storms, much in the same way hurricanes are assigned names. Low and behold, this past weekend, the East Coast ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (PIX11) — A blizzard named “Nemo” ...
Humor was not The Weather Channel’s intent when it started to give names to winter storms a few months ago. But humor is what it has provided — along with a heap of controversy. The channel bestowed ...
First Winter Storm Draco, now Winter Storm Nemo – the Weather Channel seems to have now permanently adopted the procedure of naming major winter storms in addition to hurricanes and cyclones. The ...
The Weather Channel names winter storms to increase awareness and enhance communication when a big one hits. They named the storm currently charging towards the Northeast "Nemo," after A Greek boy’s ...