Bomb cyclones form when the conditions at the surface and at the jet stream level are ideal for the storm to intensify. The jet stream is a narrow band of strong winds in the upper atmosphere.

A powerful storm is bearing down on the West Coast and bringing with it a scary-sounding weather term - bomb cyclone. Bomb cyclone is a term used by weather enthusiasts to describe a process that ...

A powerful storm is bearing down on the West Coast and bringing with it a scary-sounding weather term – bomb cyclone. Bomb cyclone is a term used by weather enthusiasts to describe a process ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A rapidly intensifying storm — known as a “bomb cyclone” — is set to bring heavy snow and plummeting temperatures to New York City this afternoon and evening ...

READ MORE: ‘Bomb cyclone’ with heavy rain and wind threatens Northern California and Pacific Northwest “Heavy rainfall could create dangerous and unpredictable avalanche conditions on steep ...

WASHINGTON, USA — November's bomb cyclone caused an estimated $34 million in damages in six western Washington counties, according to preliminary information released along with a formal request ...