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A bomb cyclone is a storm that strengthens so fast that the central atmospheric pressure plunges 0.71 of an inch (24 millibars) or more in 24 hours or less. The central pressure in Tuesday's bomb ...
The “anomalously strong” storm system was considered a “bomb cyclone,” which occurs when a cyclone intensifies rapidly. Another, albeit weaker, bomb cyclone may develop and rapidly ...
Tuesday’s bomb cyclone wreaked havoc across Western Washington. Puget Sound Energy reported nearly 475,000 customers without power as of 1 a.m. Wednesday, with most of those affected in King County.
A powerful extratropical cyclone developed c. November 18, 2024, in the Northeast Pacific and struck the Western United States and Western Canada. [9] [10] The storm underwent bombogenesis, rapidly dropping its central pressure [11] to a record-tying level of 942 millibars (27.8 inHg). [9]
Bomb cyclone strikes: ... In the coastal city of Eureka, the National Weather Service office said the Eel River as on track to reach "major flood stage'' at 25 feet by Friday. Wind gusts in the ...
The storm, known as a "bomb cyclone," brought wind gusts recorded at 55 mph at Sea-Tac Airport and as high as 77 mph in Mount Rainier National Park Wednesday, ... according to the outage tracker.
A historically strong bomb cyclone killed at least two people and caused a mass power outage that could last for days after it slammed the Pacific Northwest and Canada’s British Columbia with ...
The bomb cyclone had a minimum central pressure of 942 millibars (27.8 inHg) at its peak, making it the most powerful cyclone recorded in the Northeast Pacific. [2] The system had severe impacts across Western North America, before dissipating on October 26. The storm shattered multiple pressure records across parts of the Pacific Northwest ...