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When does a winter storm become a bomb cyclone?

  • Written by Russ Schumacher, Associate Professor of Atmospheric Science and Colorado State Climatologist, Colorado State University
When does a winter storm become a bomb cyclone?Frozen fountain in New York City during a bomb cyclone event, Jan. 4, 2018.RW/MediaPunch/IPX

Blizzards in March, when our thoughts start turning to spring, are never good news. But warnings of “bomb cyclones” take the intensity to a new level. What does this ominous term, and related jargon like “bombogenesis,” tell us about...

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