Meaning of bomb cyclone | Babel Free

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A type of extratropical cyclone characterized by high winds, a high level of precipitation, and rapid development.

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“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.”

“However, the bomb cyclones’ size and depth are typically larger in the EM^([Eastern Mediterranean]) than in its western part (Kouroutzoglou et al., 2011).”

“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.”

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