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In reply to the discussion: The East Coast Is About To Get Hit by a Bomb Cyclone [View all]snooper2
(30,151 posts)22. bombogenesis sounded like a made-up word, and is...Wiki shows Explosive cyclogenesis
Sounds much cooler
Explosive cyclogenesis (also referred to as a weather bomb,[1][2][3] meteorological bomb,[4] explosive development,[1] or bombogenesis[5][6][7]) refers in a strict sense to a rapidly deepening extratropical cyclonic low-pressure area. To enter this category, the central pressure of a depression at 60° latitude is required to decrease by 24 mb (hPa) or more in 24 hours.[8][9]
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Local news here in Boston is reporting there'll be 70+mph winds over the course of the storm
Blue_Adept
Jan 2018
#7
Not yet but it's a given. The Boston/coastal area is tagged at 10-15" of snow
Blue_Adept
Jan 2018
#10
Well some TV forecasters style themselves as "meteorologists" because they got a technical degree.
Bernardo de La Paz
Jan 2018
#33
bombogenesis sounded like a made-up word, and is...Wiki shows Explosive cyclogenesis
snooper2
Jan 2018
#22