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Our latest winter storm–Wesley–is now also a “bomb cyclone,” according to NOAA.

Winter Storm Wesley, the second ‘BOMB CYCLONE’ to hit the USA in less than a month, continued to cause trouble Thursday morning with schools closed or delayed for hours, power outages and hundreds of flight cancellations.

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Infrared imagery of bombogenesis winterstorm wesley on April 11, 2019. via NOAA

First, yes it is a BOMBOGENESIS

There has been a lot of interest in whether the current Wesley storm is a “bomb”. To begin, this isn’t a very important distinction — just because a storm intensifies quickly (which is what a “bomb cyclone” refers to), it doesn’t mean its impacts are worse than other strong cyclones……more here