Bombogenesis aka Bomb Cyclone

[KQ]

How you all doing on the right coast?

[buttahflake]

I'm alright, how you doing?

[KQ]

I'm alright, how you doing?

Meh... not bad. Been cold/snowy/icy/grey here with scattered power outages but it's a new year and the days are getting longer so there is a proverbial light at the end of the tunnel.

[KQ]

Storm surge on track to being highest ever recorded since 1921 in Boston

[Benny Profane]

Be prepared for pictures of cars parked next to the water covered in wind and wave shaped ice sculptures tommorow.

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[Benny Profane]

Skiing should be good in Maine once it breaks zero. Like, Monday.
Tommorow sounds just awful brutal on any lift. If they're running.

[sb]

Its a bit windy

https://earth.nullschool.net/#curren...-71.993,25.085

http://hint.fm/wind/

[bagtagley]

[KQ]

Its a bit windy

https://earth.nullschool.net/#curren...-71.993,25.085

http://hint.fm/wind/

was a bit windy in the Columbia River Gorge yesterday:

Strong winds are causing a problem for high-profile vehicles on the western side of Oregon.
Deputies from Multnomah Sheriff's Office and Gresham Fire just responded to a cement truck that was blown over by a gust of wind.
It rolled completely over and through the Troutdale Airport fence. Officials say the driver was taken to a hospital in the area for minor injuries.

[Peruvian]

Cool maps, scotty.

Winds seem pretty moderate so far today. Of course tomorrow is another matter.

I just spoke to a guy in SC who said his vacation from NH was ruined by 8" of snow on the ground.

[Diamond Joe]

I believe the term is "Bomb Cyclone"
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/weath...id=mailsignout

[KQ]

I believe the term is "Bomb Cyclone"
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/weath...id=mailsignout

Actually... the weather guy on the national news covered that last night. He said he preferred what he called "the proper name" (bombogenesis) so I went with that but you know... tomato, tomahto - it all gets you to the same place:

The word bombogenesis comes from combining "bomb" and "cyclogenesis," or meteorology speak for storm formation. Technically speaking, a storm undergoes bombogenesis when it's central low pressure drops at least 24 millibars in 24 hours, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). (A millibar is a unit of pressure that essentially measures the weight of the atmosphere overhead. Typical sea-level pressure is about 1,010 millibars.)

Bombogenesis: What's a 'Bomb Cyclone'?

[N1CK.]

https://twitter.com/kelkelly/status/948982158533824512

[sb]

[MTT]

I am starting to see more stories on this.

No talk yet about ships in distress but that must also be happening.

The cold plus mass power outages will end up being the loss leader.

[Jong Lafitte]

Yeah the reports onCPR I’m listening to have said high winds and focused on the cities. Left me wondering how it was gonna be for skiing. Sounded like a snow hurricane followed by some super cold air. wild. Im hoping for some good pow for the EC mags. Good luck!


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[Benny Profane]

Oh, and, let's not forget billions of dollars of reclaimed beaches scoured away into the Atlantic ocean.

[GoldMember]

was a bit windy in the Columbia River Gorge yesterday:

Strong winds are causing a problem for high-profile vehicles on the western side of Oregon.
Deputies from Multnomah Sheriff's Office and Gresham Fire just responded to a cement truck that was blown over by a gust of wind.
It rolled completely over and through the Troutdale Airport fence. Officials say the driver was taken to a hospital in the area for minor injuries.

Wow, I don't know that I've ever seen a concrete mixer on its side. It had to have been empty since they're so heavy. If full, I don't think there's any wind that could topple one. Even empty, they're heavy and not particularly prone to having a sail effect. Any idea what the wind speeds were as that would take a lot.

[KQ]

ACCUWEATHER ALERT: Monster nor'easter in NYC, blizzard warning for parts of LI, NJ





Power outages near 45,000 customers throughout eastern US

More than 43,999 customers are currently without power along the East Coast.

The majority of them are in Virginia and North Carolina, where more than 31,000 people have no power.

Nearly 10,000 have lost power in the Boston area.

In New York City, more than 3,500 people are without power.

[Norseman]

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2018/0...storm.html?m=1

[half-fast]

Our local tv weather girl said dismissively that we used to just call these nor'easters

[KQ]

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2018/0...storm.html?m=1

LOL Cliff!

Some edgy meteorologists sometimes call the process bombogenesis....but you won't find such loose talk in this blog.


Okay.... okay.... uncle!

[Norseman]

Yeah, that was the quote that I remembered upon seeing this thread. Lol

[bagtagley]

I just spoke to a guy in SC who said his vacation from NH was ruined by 8" of snow on the ground.

Some photos from phamily in Chas.

[KQ]

'Bomb cyclone' forms as flood threat sparks 'LIFE & DEATH' warning

(CNN)A powerful nor'easter morphed into a "bomb cyclone" Friday as it hammered the East Coast with a ferocious mix of howling winds, drenching rain, some snow and surging waves.

"Take this storm seriously!" the National Weather Service in Boston warned via Twitter. "This is a LIFE & DEATH situation for those living along the coast, especially those ocean-exposed shorelines."

The storm -- with about 80 million people in its path, including more than 22 million people under a coastal flood warning -- officially "bombed out" late Friday morning when it underwent bombogenesis, signaled by an extreme drop in atmospheric pressure.