Bomb Cyclone

In late December 2025, a powerful bomb cyclone swept across the northern United States, triggering blizzard conditions in the Midwest and the East Coast.

• A bomb cyclone is a rapidly intensifying storm system in which the central air pressure drops by at least 24 millibars within 24 hours.
• This process, known as bombogenesis, sharply increases the pressure gradient and results in extremely strong winds.
• Storms undergoing bombogenesis are among the most violent large-scale weather systems, capable of causing property damage, power outages, fallen trees, and dangerous travel conditions.
• Bomb cyclones occur most often in fall and winter, when frigid continental air collides with ....