Cyclone bomb.
Posted on 03/09/2022 4:47:34 PM PST by dynachrome
It seems to me that all of the ‘snow bomb storms/cyclones’ only hit New England. Anywhere else it is just a ‘snow storm.’
Good Lord, they’re working it in deep. We had names like torrential rains, blizzard conditions, gale fore winds etc but this?
Sadly, it’s an effective tactic.
I’ve had poorly informed youts tell me that “they had to start naming winter storms because they’re so much more powerful than before”.
Kids! Go haul in some more logs, it is going to be cold again.
Yea, just like they call Alabama the Crimson Tide. So call me Deacon Blues......
March has a tendency to produce some of the most disruptive weather in the way of storms.
The temperature contrast, and with it the humidity contrast, between the arctic, which is at peak cold just coming off winter, and the tropics, which have been warming since Dec with the sun moving northward, sets the stage for some dandy winter storms.
That’s why, for example, spring is typically tornado season and usually produces the worst tornado outbreaks.
Cyclone bomb.
The term has been in use since the 70’s and simply describes the rapid intensification of a low.
Likely you would have had to take a course in mesometeorology to run across the term, because I don’t even recall hearing it when I got my met degree.
That’s my snark on the Weather Channel naming what used to be called “Alberta Clippers” that come across the midwest in Jan and Feb.
Or as Joe Bastardi terms it “Weaponization of Weather”
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Joe Bastardi is what a meteorologist is supposed to be. He is the real “bomb”. Love him.
It’s my fault.
I took the ice scraper out of my car.
Yea,
It is just a drop in pressure that is very impressive.
It will indicate a severe change of weather.
Back in the day Tornado or Hurricane warnings covered it.
Blizzard warnings as well.
Does the bomb cyclone have a Lazer like Dr evils shark...lol
It will snow or rain or not. It will at least black ice the roads, pretty confident of that. It will blow a lot or a hell of a lot. It will get damn cold, especially with the wind chill being below zero F.
So, I'll fill my gas tank on the truck. Make a grocery run. Top up the battery on my head lamp, already have batteries for the flash light and have candles. Got long johns, parka and a down sleeping bag. Good to go. No electricity, no problem, just an annoyance.
But a bomb cyclone is not necessarily a tornado or hurricane.
It’s just a generic synoptic low whose center pressure drops rapidly a certain amount in a 24 hr period.
And it usually does come with strong, damaging winds as any steep pressure gradient would.
We lose power at the drop of a hat.
Sometimes on clear sunny days, if a tree lets go somewhere.
We’ll be ready as well. The temperatures are supposed to get pretty low Sat night, so we’ll just make sure the wood stove is cranked up and there’s a good supply of wood in the wood rack inside.
I used to put in the mb readings on a RADAR every morning.
It was a long range high power system that had hundreds of miles of range. It would help with curvature.
Something strong with a 30mb drop would get missed.
Old school back in the 80’s.
I used to put in the mb readings on a RADAR every morning.
It was a long range high power system that had hundreds of miles of range. It would help with curvature.
Something strong with a 30mb drop would get missed.
Old school back in the 80’s.
Back in my day it all meant vacation from school.
Thanks, and no, only took a couple classes when I was predicting surf on the west coast and Hawaii. Now it’s a real science. Term of bomb Cyclone never came up.
I got my degrees in other things but I had a blast talking to meteorologists and getting an education in meteorology. It’s still a fun hobby.
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