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Related: About this forumThe East Coast Is Bracing for Yet Another Bomb Cyclone
The infamous bomb cyclone may be back. Winter Storm Riley, set to slam into the East Coast this weekend, is predicted to be the most powerful storm since Januarys bomb cyclonebringing hurricane-strength winds, heavy snow, torrential rain, and coastal flooding.
Remember Jan. 4th? the National Weather Service in Boston warned. This storm has the potential of being worse!
The storm will begin to develop Thursday evening with heavy winds up and down the seaboard. Pressure in the atmosphere off the Atlantic coast may suddenly plummet Friday evening, according to several forecasts. This could trigger bombogenesis, when a mid-latitude cyclone rapidly intensifies and drops atmospheric pressure drasticallyat least 24 millibars over 24 hours.
Link to tweet
The Weather Channel says high wind watches and warnings are in effect from Maine to the southern Appalachians, including virtually the entire I-95 urban corridor from Boston to Washington DC. Some airlines are already waving change fees for flights along the East Coast.
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2018/03/the-east-coast-is-bracing-for-yet-another-bomb-cyclone/
elleng
(130,895 posts)Weed Man
(304 posts)But what? 2 to 4 inches of snow and i have no desire to stay longer than my planned visit. I go back to Denver on the 5th so both families in NY and Denver can celebrate my birthday that day.
brush
(53,776 posts)Is this just a new name for the wicked nor'easters we used to get hammered with?
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,956 posts)brush
(53,776 posts)wicked storms that we dreaded back then.
I mean this is a new term, only being in widespread use since last year.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,956 posts)They're pretty common in the Aleutians.
brush
(53,776 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,956 posts)They have these kind of storms elsewhere.
brush
(53,776 posts)Last edited Fri Mar 2, 2018, 03:05 AM - Edit history (1)
was just a new (in common usage in the US) term for what used to be called Nor'easters in that part of the country.
Turns out it is.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,956 posts)Wikipedia while often useful is a user edited site. Sometimes it's not accurate.
OnlinePoker
(5,719 posts)By the 70's, it became "Explosive Cyclogenesis" and by the 80's, the term "bomb" was used. I don't think it came into common parlance until recently when weathermen need to make Nor'easters sound more ominous.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosive_cyclogenesis
brush
(53,776 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,853 posts)Perhaps I need to move out from under this large rock.
brush
(53,776 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,853 posts)Thanks for the heads up.
Rhiannon12866
(205,320 posts)The mountains of snow were melting, the side streets were finally passable, I saw a pair of red winged blackbirds and I got my car washed. But now it's snowing again.