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 ...
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What exactly is a 'bomb cyclone'?
Bomb cyclones can happen in any season, but mainly occur during fall and winter.
As severe weather events with strong winds and heavy snowfall approach, meteorologists may alert the public to the possibility of a storm that could undergo bombogenesis, resulting in a bomb cyclone.
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?
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