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A powerful extratropical cyclone developed c. November 18, 2024, in the Northeast Pacific and struck the Western United States and Western Canada. [9] [10] The storm underwent bombogenesis, rapidly dropping its central pressure [11] to a record-tying level of 942 millibars (27.8 inHg). [9]
The “anomalously strong” storm system was considered a “bomb cyclone,” which occurs when a cyclone intensifies rapidly. Another, albeit weaker, bomb cyclone may develop and rapidly ...
The bomb cyclone had a minimum central pressure of 942 millibars (27.8 inHg) at its peak, making it the most powerful cyclone recorded in the Northeast Pacific. [2] The system had severe impacts across Western North America, before dissipating on October 26. The storm shattered multiple pressure records across parts of the Pacific Northwest ...
When the central pressure crashes 0.71 of an inch of mercury (24 millibars) in 24 hours or less, like this storm is projected to do, bombogenesis will occur and a bomb cyclone will be born.
Map shows forecast for bomb cyclone storm developing over the Pacific Northwest / Credit: CBS News In most regions, if the atmospheric pressure drops at least 24 millibars within 24 hours, it is ...
A historically strong bomb cyclone killed at least two people and caused a mass power outage that could last for days after it slammed the Pacific Northwest and Canada’s British Columbia with ...
September 16–17, 2023: Hurricane Lee traversed each province in Atlantic Canada as a extratropical cyclone. August 19-20, 2024: Hurricane Ernesto stays just offshore south of Newfoundland as a Category 1 hurricane, [ 36 ] despite its close proximity to land, bringing tropical storm-force conditions, no watches or warnings were issued.
A bomb cyclone pounding Northern California and the Pacific Northwest with ... storm hit the Pacific Northwest and western Canada, causing power outages in Washington, Oregon, California and ...