What is a bomb cyclone? South Florida may learn firsthand this weekend
Meteorologists are talking about a “bomb cyclone” that is heading toward Florida this weekend that promises to whip-snap Miami and surrounding areas from near record heat to a big chill in a matter of hours.
More on this change in the weather and what you can expect to feel Saturday night into Sunday can be found in the weekend weather story below:
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But what is this “bomb cyclone” people are talking about?
A bomb cyclone is also known as a meteorological bomb. That’s a weather term for when a storm’s barometric pressure readings drop in excess of 24 millibars in 24 hours, according to the National Weather Service.
This type of storm is not limited to big freezes or rapid drops in temperature, such as what happens during blizzards, for instance. A bomb cyclone can also be a severe thunderstorm or a heavy downpour or other associated weather pattern, according to The Conversation and reported recently by Scientific American.
The potential bomb cyclone that will have us putting sweatpants over our shorts Saturday evening is forecast to head to Florida from Friday night to Saturday night as it tracks northeast through the Eastern United States, CBS4 reports.
