Cyclone

This may sound like a natural disaster in an apocalyptic film, but it's an actual meteorological term and occurs when an area of low pressure in the atmosphere ...

(A millibar is a unit used to measure pressure changes, commonly used in meteorology.) [weather](https://www.sfgate.com/weather/) forecasters are referring to the system off the shore of Northern and Central [California](https://www.sfgate.com/california/) as a "bomb cyclone." This may sound like a natural disaster in an apocalyptic film, but it's an actual meteorological term and occurs when an area of low pressure in the atmosphere deepens and strengthens rapidly as pressure drops.

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A bomb cyclone spinning up hundreds of miles off the California coast will deliver more heavy rains and strong winds to an already-soaked Bay Area on ...

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A major storm that will rapidly intensify and become a bomb cyclone off the coast of California will slam into the Golden State, unleashing the risk for ...

After an atmospheric river brought heavy rains to the Bay Area, a bomb cyclone is now expected to slam Sacramento with rain and high winds.

Fasten loose objects or shelter objects in a safe location prior to the onset of winds." "Saturated ground and weakened trees from recent storms will increase the potential for trees to be blown down... But with the pressure system moving east, meteorologists are forecasting even more rain, thanks to a bomb cyclone that's currently forming. Meanwhile, coastal and mountainous regions could see winds up to 70 miles per hour. By Wednesday, it will be bringing up to 8 inches of rain. Many are fearing floods and landslides starting Wednesday, so paying attention to weather alerts is crucial.

Meteorologists with the National Weather Service are warning that the coming bomb cyclone looks to be even more brutal, windy, and wet than what we just ...

This is the system that will bring widespread high wind and heavy rain to Northern California tomorrow, along with considerable risk of flooding/wind damage.— Daniel Swain (@Weather_West) If the forecasts are right in terms of this incoming system being even wetter than Saturday's, that could mean that San Francisco's one-day rainfall record will be shattered this time — with Saturday coming less than a tenth of an inch from breaking the all-time record, set in November 1994. The radar picture shows a large plume of moisture coming off of the tropical stream around Hawaii, and rain is expected to be heaviest between 2 and 9 p.m. There is also a high wind advisory in place for all of the Bay Area, with gusts expected to top 50 miles per hour. This is truly a brutal system that we are looking at and needs to be take seriously." 🌧️🌧️🌧️— Gerry Díaz (@geravitywave) Also, the city is currently out of sandbags, but more may be coming. "The impacts will include widespread flooding, roads washing out, hillside collapsing, trees down (potentially fully groves), widespread power outages, immediate disruption to commerce, and, the worst of all, likely loss of human life. Saturday's rain was the most ever recorded on December 31 in downtown SF by a lot — more than double the record for that day, with the record being 2.12 inches set in 2005, and Saturday's total coming in at 5.46 inches (all-time record is 5.54 inches). [said](https://twitter.com/DrewTumaABC7/status/1610047289946681345) of the above statement, "[The National Weather Service] is not mincing words about our next atmospheric river." "To put it simply, this will likely be one of the most impactful systems on a widespread scale that this meteorologist has seen in a long while," writes one NWS meteorologist in a forecast update for Wednesday's storm. Meteorologists with the National Weather Service are warning that the coming bomb cyclone looks to be even more brutal, windy, and wet than what we just experienced on Saturday.

The image shows the beginnings of a “bomb cyclone” formation over the Pacific Ocean and an atmospheric river swirling toward the San Francisco Bay Area. The ...

A rapidly intensifying storm is expected to hammer the Central Coast with heavy rain, powerful winds and high seas starting Wednesday evening and continuing ...