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 ...

You may hear the term "bomb cyclone" and think it's a scary term that meteorologists made up to get your attention. But it's actually rooted in meteorology, from the term "bombogenesis." Hearing "bomb ...

A bomb cyclone is bringing blizzard conditions and heavy snow to Michigan's Upper Peninsula and the Great Lakes region. The rapidly intensifying storm is expected to cause dangerous travel conditions, ...

PORTLAND (WGME) -- You may be hearing a lot of talk about a "bomb cyclone" potentially impacting the East Coast this weekend. Let's break down what this means and the potential impacts for Mainers.

When turbulent weather with whipping winds and heavy snow is in the forecast, meteorologists sometimes warn that a storm could “bomb out” or become a bomb cyclone. But what exactly does this mean?

NOAA explains that bombogenesis “describes a midlatitude cyclone that rapidly intensifies” over a 24-hour period. This rapid intensification is measured by how much the storm’s central pressure falls ...

Meteorologists are warning that another major winter storm is forecast to become a nor’easter intensifying into a bomb cyclone across parts of the East Coast starting Friday into this weekend. The ...

A coating of snow is possible in places like Dover, Delaware, and Millville, New Jersey, and eastward to the coast Saturday night into Sunday morning. The Philadelphia skyline seen from the banks of ...