'Bomb Cyclone' Becomes One Of The Northeast Pacific's Strongest On Record As It Hammers West Coast
'Bomb Cyclone' Becomes One Of The Northeast Pacific's Strongest On Record As It Hammers West Coast
A Pacific storm has undergone what meteorologists call bombogenesis while also hauling in an atmospheric river of moisture. - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com
The Pacific Northwest is now getting Cyclones (Pacific Hurricanes)
I think I speak for many PNW folks when I say we always thought that was more of a Florida thing.
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Is this being blown up in the media? I have a couple friends that live in Oregon and Washington and they're saying this is pretty standard.
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In Oregon and Washington the standard used to be a pretty predictable "Columbus Day storm" in early-mid October. In the last 15-20 years it's been drifting later and later, but this year's is the latest I've ever seen, assuming that's what it is.
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It is, and I think the novel thing about it is that it was a cyclone. Wind storms do happen out there and it's normal to see a few trees go down, but a bomb Cyclone is a completely different story.
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