When turbulent weather with whipping winds and heavy snow is in the forecast, meteorologists sometimes warn that a storm could “bomb out” or become a bomb cyclone. But what exactly does this mean?

A powerful storm is bearing down on the West Coast and bringing with it a scary-sounding weather term - bomb cyclone. Bomb cyclone is a term used by weather enthusiasts to describe a process that ...

You may hear the term "bomb cyclone" and think it's a scary term that meteorologists made up to get your attention. But it's actually rooted in meteorology, from the term "bombogenesis." Hearing "bomb ...

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When turbulent weather with whipping winds and heavy snow is in the forecast, meteorologists sometimes warn that a storm could “bomb out” or become a bomb cyclone. But what exactly does this mean?

NOAA explains that bombogenesis “describes a midlatitude cyclone that rapidly intensifies” over a 24-hour period. This rapid intensification is measured by how much the storm’s central pressure falls ...

Bomb cyclones can happen in any season, but mainly occur during fall and winter.