The “bomb cyclone” has a few other notable names, including: Explosive Cyclogenesis, Meteorological Bomb, Weather Bomb, and my personal favorite… Bombogenesis

The “bomb cyclone” has a few other notable names, including: Explosive Cyclogenesis, Meteorological Bomb, Weather Bomb, and my personal favorite… Bombogenesis

The “bomb cyclone” has a few other notable names, including: Explosive Cyclogenesis, Meteorological Bomb, Weather Bomb, and my personal favorite… Bombogenesis

For all of these seemingly radical terms, the only criteria to qualify a low pressure system for this echelon is that it sheds 24 millibars of air pressure over 24 hours?

That’s it? That’s all it is?! What happened here? 😆 Who comes up with these meteorological terms?

#bombogenesis #weatherbomb #bombcyclone #wawx #orwx

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