• @[email protected]
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    57 days ago

    This is in the opening handful of paragraphs of the article:

    When a low-pressure system transforms from non-existence to a formidable storm just a day later, meteorologists label it a “bomb cyclone”, or a system that has experienced “bombogenesis”.

    The expression “bomb” is due to the explosive speed of development, however, its usage is restricted only to systems where the reduction in pressure exceeds a specific rate based on latitude.

    • 𝚝𝚛𝚔
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      27 days ago

      I’m sure it’s a legitimate term, just like all the others. That doesn’t lessen their glee at busting it out at every opportunity.