Bomb cyclone Description, Formation and Development, & Facts
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Bomb cyclone, large midlatitude storm resulting from explosive cyclogenesis (or, informally, bombogenesis), a type of accelerated extratropical cyclone development in which surface pressure falls substantially over a 24-hour period. The precipitation associated with a bomb cyclone (or weather bomb)
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Bomb cyclone” producing blizzard conditions in Colorado may look
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