Weather, Climate, and Other Science Topics
The “bomb cyclone” is here, and wow, does it look impressive on satellite! This looks like something you’d see in the Gulf of Alaska, not the Pacific NW. Best satellite pics of the GOES-17 era IMO. 943mb now! #bombcyclone pic.twitter.com/XE0mmmKSnY — Charlie Phillips (@GeoduckChuck) October 24, 2021 The storm dropped to approximately 942 mb, setting […]
According to a 2005 Gallup poll, Americans think November is the 8th best month of the year. November has a few things going for it; the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, increasingly competitive football games, not-shaving – but it seems most Americans believe these attributes are overshadowed by how dark, cold, and depressing the month is […]
By now, many of us have heard of the term “bomb cyclone.” Just like “polar vortex,” “bomb cyclone”/”bombogenesis”/”meteorological bomb” (and many other bomb-related derivatives) has actually been in the meteorological literature for decades, first entering the vernacular in the Bergen School in the 40s and 50s to describe the explosively-developing cyclones over the North Atlantic. […]
