Explainer: 'bomb cyclones' – the intense winter storms that hit the US (and Australia too)
- Written by Acacia Pepler, Research Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
The eastern United States experienced a very severe winter storm last week, which caused damaging winds, heavy snow and the highest tide on record for Boston. Meteorologists call this type of storm a “bomb cyclone”, or simply a “bomb”. But what is it?
A “bomb” is an old meteorological term for a low-pressure...