Powerful bomb cyclone to slam West Coast with life-threatening flooding, blizzard conditions
SEATTLE – A powerful bomb cyclone associated with a major atmospheric river is forecast to drench the West Coast, from Washington to California, this week and could potentially lead to life-threatening flooding and blizzard conditions. “Bomb cyclone” comes from the meteorological term “bombogenesis” or “explosive cyclogenesis. This happens when a storm system’s central pressure drops at least 24 millibars within 24 hours. This storm could be of historic … Read more