Bomb cyclone, this weekend
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A bomb cyclone winter storm is whipping up — and it’s headed for New York City, threatening even more snow and colder temps this weekend. The storm is forecast to blow into town Saturday night and stay through Sunday.
Bombogenesis, popularly known as a bomb cyclone, occurs when a midlatitude cyclone experiences a drop in atmospheric pressure and rapidly strengthens in a 24-hour period, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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?According to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
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