Bomb cyclones are the rapid intensification of a storm system or mid-latitude cyclone. The storm must lose pressure rapidly. In order for the system to be considered a bomb cyclone, it must drop 24 ...

DENVER — There will be high winds and elevated wildfire danger across much of Colorado again Thursday, which will be the third straight day with such conditions. The storm system responsible for that ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – “Bombogenesis” is term commonly used by meteorologist to explain the rapid intensification of a mid-latitude cyclone. Rapid intensification means that the pressure drops at ...

(WLUK) -- At every transitional season, the spring and the fall, powerful mid-latitude cyclones tend to sweep across the United States. And with the most powerful ones, you start hearing terms like ...

One of the most powerful bomb cyclones to form in decades hit the U.S. West Coast this week, bringing hurricane-force winds, heavy precipitation and power outages to portions of northern California, ...

A formidable bomb cyclone is churning off the Western U.S. The comma-shaped storm is a suped-up mid-latitude cyclone, which ...

As an atmospheric river is expected to bring heavy rain and mountain snow to California, many are turning to Google to search the term "bomb cyclone." But what is that? In short, it's a rapidly ...

The ominous name “bomb cyclone” comes from a process called explosive cyclogenesis, or bombogenesis, in which a weather system undergoes a rapid drop in pressure. Bombogenesis occurs “when a ...