A powerful storm is bearing down on the West Coast and bringing with it a scary-sounding weather term - bomb cyclone.

Environment Canada is warning the B.C. coast should expect high winds as a weather phenomenon sometimes referred to as a 'bomb cyclone' skirts the mainland. (Maggie MacPherson/CBC) ...

The measurement needed to determine whether a cyclone can be classified a bomb cyclone can be tricky, but it largely concerns a swift drop in pressure. Atmospheric pressure is measured in millibars by ...

The term bomb cyclone was coined in a 1980 research paper by MIT meteorologists Frederick Sanders and John R. Gyakum, though the storms existed long before that.

·Fortune·large waves caused by a bomb cyclone storm system break against the Oregon coast on October 24, 2021 in Depoe Bay, Oregon. Chris Morris Updated Wed, Nov 20, 2024, 2:44 PM2 min read ...

Air drawn into the system from the Earth’s surface rotates in the same direction as the Earth when it rises, drawing in whirling winds at its base and creating the cyclone.

A bomb cyclone in 2018, which helped popularize the term on social media, brought snow to the Southeast and winds that were close to hurricane force. Another in 2022 brought extreme weather and ...

A bomb cyclone in 2018, which helped popularize the term on social media, brought snow to the Southeast and winds that were close to hurricane force. Another in 2022 brought extreme weather and ...

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Photo by Jonathan Hayward / The Canadian Press With the first big fall storm hitting B.C. this week, people might wonder why they’re hearing the term “bomb cyclone” to describe it.

On Monday morning Environment Canada warned of wind gusts of up to 90 km/h on Vancouver Island and 110 km/hour on Haida Gwaii due to a bomb cyclone off the B.C. coast, which could be particularly ...

After atmospheric rivers and heat domes, there appears to be a new extreme-weather term British Columbians should get familiar with: "bomb cyclones."These storms are caused by a rapid drop in air ...