A likely “bomb cyclone” headed toward California and Oregon will bring high winds and heavy rains to the West Coast Tuesday (Nov. 19) through Thursday (Nov. 21).
According to WeatherNation , the storm system is forecasted to go through a rapid pressure drop from over 1,000 millibars of pressure on Monday (Nov. 18) night to less than 950 mb on Tuesday night.
A drop of more than 24 mb in 24 hours at these latitudes is known as “bombogenesis,” transforming a storm into a so-called bomb cyclone, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)…