Bomb cyclone to slam Connecticut and East Coast
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Much of the East Coast was shut down early Monday as a fierce winter storm closed roads and grounded thousands of flights.
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 storms are sometimes called bomb cyclones. Storm intensity is measured by central pressure, so the lower the pressure, the stronger the storm.
Forecasts have verified with more than 2 feet of snow reported in New Jersey. The storm’s top snow total is now 24.2 inches in Freehold, New Jersey, about 35 miles southwest of Manhattan. This was one of the areas forecasters zeroed in on as being the ...
A strong winter weather system has the potential to develop into a bomb cyclone off the East Coast later this weekend.
Such rapidly strengthening storms are capable of producing heavy rain, blizzard conditions and intense winds that can create dangerous conditions such as downed trees and power outages.