{"id":5620,"date":"2026-01-02T11:28:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T05:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=5620"},"modified":"2026-01-02T15:14:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T09:44:30","slug":"what-is-bomb-cyclone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-bomb-cyclone\/","title":{"rendered":"Bomb Cyclone"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Bomb Cyclone Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A powerful \u201cbomb cyclone\u201d barreled across the northern United States recently, triggering severe winter weather in the Midwest and the East Coast.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Bomb Cyclone<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>large midlatitude storm<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> resulting from<\/span><b> explosive cyclogenesis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (or, informally, <\/span><b>bombogenesis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), a type of <\/span><b>accelerated extratropical cyclone <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">development in which <\/span><b>surface pressure falls substantially over a 24-hour<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> period.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>In structure,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a bomb cyclone is <\/span><b>indistinguishable from any other intense midlatitude storm.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>center <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the storm is a <\/span><b>low-pressure cell <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(or cyclone) that <\/span><b>draws winds <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">near the surface <\/span><b>inward<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, a bomb cyclone is set apart by its<\/span><b> rapid rate of intensification. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>intensification required <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to classify as &#8220;bombogenesis&#8221; <\/span><b>varies by latitude.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, <\/span><b>at 60 degrees latitude<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the requirement is <\/span><b>24 millibars in 24 hours.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Around 40 degrees latitud<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e, a storm only <\/span><b>has to intensify by 17.8 millibars<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 24 hours.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bomb cyclones are often associated with atmospheric rivers and <\/span><b>typically form in winter when cold and warm air masses collide.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>four most active regions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where extra-tropical explosive cyclogenesis occurs in the world are<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>Northwest Pacific,<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>North Atlantic,<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>Southwest Pacific<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>South Atlantic<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>precipitation <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">associated with a bomb cyclone is <\/span><b>intense<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, ranging from <\/span><b>heavy downpours to strong thunderstorms to blizzards<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>heavy snowfalls<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, along with strong winds.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-sci-tech\/bomb-cyclone-us-10448758\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bomb Cyclone is a type of accelerated extratropical cyclone development in which surface pressure falls substantially over a 24-hour period. 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