What exactly is a 'bomb cyclone'?

NEW YORK (PIX11) — Through coverage of the blizzard in the tri-state area, you may hear some unfamiliar terms like ...

What is a blizzard, and did we get a bomb cyclone blizzard in NJ? Here's what NOAA, AccuWeather forecasters say.

Blizzard conditions can reduce visibility to less than 0.25 mile, which makes travel especially hazardous. New York City has ...

What is a blizzard, and did NYC get a bomb cyclone, blizzard? NOAA's NWS and AccuWeather forecasters give the latest updates.

Heavy snow and strong winds are pushing across the northeastern United States as a powerful winter storm intensifies offshore. Forecasters say the sys.

A bomb cyclone, or explosive cyclogenesis, occurs when a storm's central pressure sharply drops, intensifying it to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The National Weather Service is reporting increased confidence in "impactful heavy snow" across much of the Carolinas and parts of ...

When turbulent weather with whipping winds and heavy snow is in the forecast, meteorologists sometimes warn that a storm could “bomb out” or become a bomb cyclone. But what exactly does this mean?

For a snowstorm or any storm to be characterized as a blizzard by the National Weather Service, three elements must be present: visibility of a quarter-mile or less for at least three consecutive ...

Although we are likely to miss the most intense part of a very strong storm this weekend, it is an opportunity to talk about why some storms, called bomb cyclones, become so strong and undergo ...