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228 sats \ 4 comments \ @IamSINGLE 19 Nov science

The heaviest impacts, classified by the University of California, San Diego as "extreme," will be between the San Francisco Bay area and Eureka, California, according to WeatherNation. Strong impacts from the storm are expected as far north as central Oregon and as far south as Salinas, California. These include high winds, heavy rain, and the potential for flash flooding.

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11 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 19 Nov

I think that's what they called Sandy, the storm that hit the east coast in 2012. That was a truly terrifying beast. Changed my life in a few ways.

63 sats \ 0 replies \ @IamSINGLE OP 19 Nov

Sandy was much more stronger than this one. Also Sandy, Helene or Milton are all fictional names given to Storms but 'bomb' is a real term which means 'bombogenesis'

Bombogenesis, a term used by meteorologists, occurs when a midlatitude (the latitudes between the tropics and polar regions) cyclone rapidly intensifies, or strengthens, over a 24 hour period. This intensification is represented by a drop in millibars, a measurement of pressure used in meteorology. The intensification required to classify as "bombogenesis" varies by latitude. At 60 degrees latitude, it is a drop of at least 24 millibars (24 hectopascals) over 24 hours. At the latitude of New York City, the required pressure drop is about 17.8 millibars (17.8 hectopascals) over 24 hours.

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/bombogenesis.html

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Golu 19 Nov

I don't like sea for all the cyclones, storms and hurricanes, and yeah for Tsunamis as well. The plains are much better and safer to live.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 19 Nov

Bomb cyclones happen when warm and cold air masses collide. They undergo rapid intensification as their pressure drops. The low-pressure zone is expected to bring an atmospheric river to Northern California and southern Oregon, pulling moisture from the tropics northward.

The heaviest impacts, classified by the University of California, San Diego as "extreme," will be between the San Francisco Bay area and Eureka, California, according to WeatherNation. Strong impacts from the storm are expected as far north as central Oregon and as far south as Salinas, California. These include high winds, heavy rain, and the potential for flash flooding.