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Weather Wonders of the Pacific Northwest: Bomb Cyclones – HotAir

I thought I’d take a break from politics and take you on a little dive into one of my – as you might have noticed – favoritest things eh-vah: the weather.

It turns out this is an awesome time of year because lots of weather of unusual size is happening, and this year, spectacularly so. And, as it’s the beginning of winter, I am not the one doing the yearly refresh of our World Famous Hurricane Prep Post, restocking the emergency larder, or hauling out the hurricane shutters as I spend every June to (this year, jeez) November ready at a moment’s notice to do.





When the winds of November come stealing, that sort of attention-grabbing big blow switches latitudes and happens way north of us across both coasts. 

The term “bomb cyclone” combines two separate meteorological terms. Contrary to popular opinion, it is not merely a hyperbolic appellation, so…

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