Link to the website with screenshots and dozens of links to use for monitoring this system: http://sincedutch.wordpress.com/2011/12/28/12282011-storm-reaches-around-half...
To view the same shot in the video use the link below ... select "hemispheric products" .. then select "polar" and use the last 48 images to see the past buildup of this storm : indeed it is connected half way across the planet in what looks like ONE GIANT low pressure system --- it is the jet stream itself that connects these two storms in reality --
here is the link: http://weather.cod.edu/satrad/index.php
