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AllaN01Bear

(23,451 posts) Wed Jan 4, 2023, 05:00 PM Jan 2023

west coast braces for bomb cyclone

what is a bomb cyclone .

A bomb cyclone is an area of low pressure that intensifies by 24 millibars within 24 hours. Millibars are a unit used to measure atmospheric pressure.

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west coast braces for bomb cyclone (Original Post) AllaN01Bear Jan 2023 OP

holy crap! Sounds like they are making up years of drought in just weeks rurallib Jan 2023 #1

Yeah I'd like to see how our reservoirs are doing. nt intrepidity Jan 2023 #2

Uh oh, first big gust just hit here in SW OR... WheelWalker Jan 2023 #3

And so it begins. I'm 40 mi inland, and I'll tell you this is going to be destructive. WheelWalker Jan 2023 #4

rurallib

(63,309 posts)

1. holy crap! Sounds like they are making up years of drought in just weeks

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Wed Jan 4, 2023, 05:08 PM

Jan 2023

intrepidity

(7,936 posts)

2. Yeah I'd like to see how our reservoirs are doing. nt

Reply to rurallib (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 4, 2023, 05:16 PM

Jan 2023

WheelWalker

(9,219 posts)

3. Uh oh, first big gust just hit here in SW OR...

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Wed Jan 4, 2023, 05:27 PM

Jan 2023

hold on to your shorts.

WheelWalker

(9,219 posts)

4. And so it begins. I'm 40 mi inland, and I'll tell you this is going to be destructive.

Reply to WheelWalker (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 4, 2023, 05:43 PM

Jan 2023

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