Bomb cyclones can happen in any season, but mainly occur during fall and winter.

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Weekend plans? How about "bombogenesis." That's the name of the weather process headed for much of the East Coast this weekend, as ...

When turbulent weather with whipping winds and heavy snow is in the forecast, meteorologists sometimes warn that a storm could "bomb out" or become a bomb cyclone. But what exactly does this mean?