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11 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 19 Nov \ on: West Coast bracing for 'bomb' cyclone science
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.
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.
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