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The Next Bomb Cyclone apocalypse is bearing down
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That's the first I heard it called that. Our local weather isn't quite as dramatic :mrgreen:
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The one in Jan was all over the news, the only problem was that most of the so-called journalists had no idea what a Bomb Cyclone is.
This time they are doing better.
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To be fair, I'm in from the coast, so all we are expecting is a medium storm.
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This is from the Global Warming Doomsdayer who worked for Slate for a minute:
https://twitter.com/EricHolthaus?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author
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Do you really expect them all to be weather experts in obscure weather events that rarely happen???
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We have a roof at one of my clients' sites and it's already leaking, it wasn't even even raining yet this morning when I went. I had to go out and cover all the equipment and move all the computers to make sure that the rain doesn't get on them. I'd be surprised if the roof lasts the weekend.
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I expect that if they write a Bomb Cyclone Apocalypse story that they at least do enough due diligence to find out what a Bomb Cyclone is first.
Am I asking for too much?
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I don't know what stories you were reading, but I've learned what it was by reading the stories usually entitled, "what is a bomb cyclone?"
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The weather is supposed to be mostly rain and not snow in Boston, although the media is pretending worse case snow scenarios; fake news.
In terms of a bomb storm; When water is evaporated by the sun and is added to the atmosphere; humidity, the water vapor will increase the pressure of the atmosphere. The water vapor adds partial pressure to the atmosphere.
When this water vapor starts to forms clouds, and then precipitates as rain, the pressure of the local atmosphere will now decrease, due to loss of the partial pressure that had been exerted by the water vapor. This pressure drop is why rain is always accompanied by low pressure systems. The clouds and rain lowers the pressure by removing water vapor from the atmosphere.
The condensation will also pull a local vacuum; pressure drop, which can cause the wind speeds to increase in proportion to the speed of condensation; rain. The vacuum pulls in air as wind. Thunderstorms make a lot of rain, and will generate a large vacuum, thereby forming high winds.
With a bomb storm, the water vapor in the warm moisture laden clouds, will see very cold air, which causes the water vapor to condense, quickly. A rapid vacuum forms, which causes the wind speed to increase almost on a dime. The vacuum, in conjunction with other atmospheric factors, can cause a vortex to form, similar to a hurricane. The bomb part is connected to the rapid condensation vacuum; implosion.
The Nor'Ester storms are usually bomb storms with very high wind speeds and very heavy snow falls. These white hurricanes tend to stall in the Bay of Maine and have an impact on New England. They create powerful eastern winds coming off the Atlantic Ocean. Depending on the tide, the easterly wind direction can amplify the New England tides and cause flooding.
This particular storm is not going to form much snow, but the temperature gradient is high enough to form the powerful coastal winds. This will coordinate with the full moon and an astronomical high tide, leading to ocean flooding and coastal erosion. Inland will see a lot of rain and high winds.
In terms of a bomb storm; When water is evaporated by the sun and is added to the atmosphere; humidity, the water vapor will increase the pressure of the atmosphere. The water vapor adds partial pressure to the atmosphere.
When this water vapor starts to forms clouds, and then precipitates as rain, the pressure of the local atmosphere will now decrease, due to loss of the partial pressure that had been exerted by the water vapor. This pressure drop is why rain is always accompanied by low pressure systems. The clouds and rain lowers the pressure by removing water vapor from the atmosphere.
The condensation will also pull a local vacuum; pressure drop, which can cause the wind speeds to increase in proportion to the speed of condensation; rain. The vacuum pulls in air as wind. Thunderstorms make a lot of rain, and will generate a large vacuum, thereby forming high winds.
With a bomb storm, the water vapor in the warm moisture laden clouds, will see very cold air, which causes the water vapor to condense, quickly. A rapid vacuum forms, which causes the wind speed to increase almost on a dime. The vacuum, in conjunction with other atmospheric factors, can cause a vortex to form, similar to a hurricane. The bomb part is connected to the rapid condensation vacuum; implosion.
The Nor'Ester storms are usually bomb storms with very high wind speeds and very heavy snow falls. These white hurricanes tend to stall in the Bay of Maine and have an impact on New England. They create powerful eastern winds coming off the Atlantic Ocean. Depending on the tide, the easterly wind direction can amplify the New England tides and cause flooding.
This particular storm is not going to form much snow, but the temperature gradient is high enough to form the powerful coastal winds. This will coordinate with the full moon and an astronomical high tide, leading to ocean flooding and coastal erosion. Inland will see a lot of rain and high winds.
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The Weather Channel was spot-on in advising our area on what to expect! Yesterday at 1600 the temperature was 50 degrees and sunny, and we (me and the four dogs I babysit) were outside a good part of the day. At 2000, it started to snow, the temp dropped to 34 degrees, and the wind gusts were out of the NW at 30 MPH!
This morning at 0715, there was six inches of snow on the ground, the temp had dropped to 29 degrees, schools were cancelled, and we were told there was a 90% chance of more snow. The City has been busy plowing our streets, and the guy that plows my driveway has done his job and gone, and I shoveled a path in the backyard for the little dogs - Chihuahua, Welsh Corgi, and poodle - to do their business since the snow was taller than they were :lol: - while the German Shepherd was having a ball jumping in the snow! They're all back inside now, and after eating breakfast they're all taking naps! :lamo Good dogs!
This morning at 0715, there was six inches of snow on the ground, the temp had dropped to 29 degrees, schools were cancelled, and we were told there was a 90% chance of more snow. The City has been busy plowing our streets, and the guy that plows my driveway has done his job and gone, and I shoveled a path in the backyard for the little dogs - Chihuahua, Welsh Corgi, and poodle - to do their business since the snow was taller than they were :lol: - while the German Shepherd was having a ball jumping in the snow! They're all back inside now, and after eating breakfast they're all taking naps! :lamo Good dogs!
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It's officially here!
It's officially a Bomb Cyclone...3000 flights cancelled so far, 2 dead, Amtrak NYC-BOS closed till further notice:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/02/us/weather-bomb-cyclone/index.html
It's officially a Bomb Cyclone...3000 flights cancelled so far, 2 dead, Amtrak NYC-BOS closed till further notice:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/02/us/weather-bomb-cyclone/index.html
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https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2...-will-worse/m4O1PR8HRIoLsmx3mp2YvO/story.html
Almost a +1 for Holthaus, almost the first time I have seen that from him.
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Our local weather team are a bit embarrassed. Last "bomb" they hyped up bad, and we got very little. This one they didn't and we got bombed! We were predicted 4-6" of snow. We got 14.5" :shock: