Heavy rains drench the eastern coast, wind whips around freezing snow with hurricane-level forces. No one had thought it possible to have a hurricane in the middle of winter, but here it is; bombogenesis. Bombing out, weather bomb, cyclone explosion, all are synonyms for the same thing. Although they are ominous-sounding terms, their definition isn't as menacing as it may seem. The confusion is mostly due to the fact that the average person rarely hears it, except from weather forecasts. When pressures drop lower than 24 millibars in 24 hours, as explained by Theweatherprediction.com, an area is subjected to a bombogenesis. Usually formed when cold, polar air meets warmer ocean air, a bombogenesis is simply weather slang for a winter storm. According to the Oceansurvice.gov, the storms mostly occur in the mid-latitude region. In general, they are most prevalent during October and March, when the temperature change is most noticeable, but they can happen anytime. As a result of …show more content…
The clashing of warm and cold air leads to strong, wavelike wind patterns that swirl in short fragments, shown in the Theweatherprediction.com. Bombogenesis usually leads way to nor'easters, tropical storms in the east, and in intense cases, hurricanes. Wicked blizzards and catastrophic rain and flooding wreak havoc in the wake of the bombogenesis, causing massive destruction. It’s more than possible to have destruction similar to a minor cyclone when subjected to a bombogenesis. Clouds swirl in the same manner of a minor cyclone, taking on the mask of a hurricane. Although pressure determines the name, as it can’t be a bombogenesis without the pressure dropping. An example of a bombogenesis would be the over 70mph winds and flooding that hit the great lakes last October, as documented by Weather.com. During this time the pressure dropped 27 millibars and caused severe offshore flooding and beach