bomb cyclone
English
Etymology
From bomb + cyclone, referring to the extreme rapidity of the storm's development.
Noun
bomb cyclone (plural bomb cyclones)
- (meteorology) A type of extratropical cyclone characterized by high winds, a high level of precipitation, and rapid development.
- 1992, Peter Jon Pokrandt, A three-dimensional, nonhydrostatic investigation of warm core cyclogenesis at high latitude, University of Wisconsin--Madison, page 1,
- It has been suggested that some east coast bomb cyclones form by this process (Shapiro and Keyser, 1990).
- c. 1999, Monthly Weather Review, Volume 128, Issues 1-4, American Meteorological Society, page 403,
- In a compositing study of bomb cyclones, Manobianco (1989) found a prominent localized VM upstream from the developing surface cyclone.
- 2012, Piero Lionello (editor), The Climate of the Mediterranean Region: From the Past to the Future, Elsevier, page 316,
- However, the bomb cyclones’ size and depth are typically larger in the EM[Eastern Mediterranean] than in its western part (Kouroutzoglou et al., 2011).
- 2022 December 23, Jon Henley, Edward Helmore, Maya Yang, “Gigantic US winter storm leaves millions without power and cancels holiday plans”, in The Guardian:
- The winter storm that forecasters dubbed Elliott intensified into a bomb cyclone near the Great Lakes on Friday, bringing high winds and blizzard conditions from the Northern Plains to western and upstate New York, along with life-threatening flooding, flash-freezing and travel chaos as it went.
- 1992, Peter Jon Pokrandt, A three-dimensional, nonhydrostatic investigation of warm core cyclogenesis at high latitude, University of Wisconsin--Madison, page 1,
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See also
- bombogenesis
- explosive cyclogenesis
- meteorological bomb
- weather bomb
Further reading
Explosive cyclogenesis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Extratropical cyclone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia