US EditionWhat is a bomb cyclone?
Bomb cyclones cause rapid pressure drops of at least 24 millibars in 24 hours and bring heavy rain, blizzards, and strong winds, mainly in North America during fall and winter.
- According to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, bombogenesis occurs when a storm's central pressure falls at least 24 millibars in 24 hours, creating a bomb cyclone.
- Mainly during fall and winter, frigid Arctic air moves south and clashes with warmer air masses, generating low pressure that triggers bombogenesis, Andrew Orrison said.
- Rapidly strengthening storms can produce heavy rain, blizzard conditions and intense winds that create downed trees and power outages, meteorologists warn a storm could `bomb out` when turbulent weather with whipping winds and heavy snow is forecast.
- Alaska, the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes are prone to bomb cyclones, where lower central pressure signals stronger, more dangerous storms for those regions.
- On TV, meteorologists use the phrase `bomb cyclone` to signal active weather, Orrison said, and the term has become common in television weather reports for rapidly intensifying storms.
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A cyclone-bomb is a storm that is rapidly intensifying and passing through a significant drop of pressure — one of the measures of a system’s strength — in a short period. These systems are used to cause strong winds, intense snow and rain, and what is currently forming along the coast of the United States is not different. To be classified as a cyclone-bomb, the pressure needs to fall at least 24 millibars (a unit of pressure) in 24 hours. Tech…
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