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AllaN01Bear

(23,498 posts) Wed Jan 4, 2023, 05:00 PM Jan 2023

west coast braces for bomb cyclone [View all]

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 [View all] 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