NEW YORK (PIX11) — Through coverage of the blizzard in the tri-state area, you may hear some unfamiliar terms like bombogenesis or bomb cyclone. But what are they? In simple terms, bombogenesis occurs ...

According to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, certain storms undergo bombogenesis, which happens when a storm’s central pressure drops at least 24 millibars in 24 hours. These ...

A bomb cyclone, or explosive cyclogenesis, occurs when a storm's central pressure sharply drops, intensifying it to ...

Mid-latitude storms that rapidly intensify into violent weather systems, known as bomb cyclones, form through a specific chain of atmospheric events that begins with clashing air masses and ends with ...

For a snowstorm or any storm to be characterized as a blizzard by the National Weather Service, three elements must be present: visibility of a quarter-mile or less for at least three consecutive ...

More than half the US threatened with ice, snow and cold in massive winter storm New LA County pumping station to beat gravity and ensure water delivery during drought Injured cougar cub found on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The National Weather Service is reporting increased confidence in "impactful heavy snow" across much of the Carolinas and parts of ...

Bomb cyclones result from rapid pressure drops in storms, creating severe weather conditions. This article explores their ...

This weekend, a powerful winter storm known as a bomb cyclone will develop off the South Carolina coast and travel north along the East Coast. It will deliver heavy snow for the Carolina and Virginia ...

Meteorologists are watching what could become a " bomb cyclone " — a winter version of a hurricane — forming off the Carolinas from Friday night into Saturday. The storm could dump snow in the ...

Meteorologists are warning that another major winter storm is forecast to become a nor’easter intensifying into a bomb cyclone across parts of the East Coast starting Friday into this weekend. The ...

A bomb cyclone will blow into the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions this weekend—as airlines recover from a massive snowstorm that led to nearly 20,000 flight cancellations last weekend. A ...