Weekend plans? How about "bombogenesis."
That's the name of the weather process headed for much of the East Coast this weekend, as "a mid-latitude cyclone rapidly intensifies," or quickly drops in atmospheric pressure, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
This results in a "bomb cyclone," which is akin to a winter hurricane. The storm this weekend is also projected to become a nor'easter, a type of East Coast storm in which the winds ahead of the storm come from the northeast, according to Weather.com. The system is set to bring heavy snow, strong winds and coastal flooding from the Carolinas to New England. The pattern is expected to start Friday night, Jan. 30, with snow and increasing winds along the Southeast coast. Snow could spread as far south as the Lowcountry of South Carolina and parts of eastern Georgia, especially Saturday night, Jan. 31.
Here's how a bomb cyclone occurs and what to do to prepare.
Bomb cyclones aren't exactly the same as hurricanes.
