Here’s How the Weather ‘Bomb’ That May Soak New York Was Born
- Winter-type storm ready to move up East Coast Sunday to Monday
- Rain, high winds, come as contrasting weather meets in East
The Coming Storm of Climate Change
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It’s that time of year when weather forecasters start talking about “bombs.” In fact, one’s about to splash down on the U.S. East Coast, drenching the U.S. Mid-Atlantic to the Northeast.
These kinds of storms are born from a swirl of contrasting weather patterns. While hurricanes gain power from warm ocean waters, they get their punch from the sharp contrast between hot and cold air masses that form cyclones in a phenomenon known as bombogenesis -- or bomb for short.