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bombogenesis

[ bom-boh-jen-uh-sis, dz-dz‐ ]

noun

Meteorology.
  1. the process that occurs during a 24-hour period when the atmospheric pressure of an extratropical cyclone drops with enough intensity to produce explosive cyclogenesis:

    The 77 inches of snow that fell that one day in Maine is an example of a low-pressure system that underwent bombogenesis—indeed, the intensification was extremely rapid!



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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of bombogenesis1

First recorded in 2000–05; bomb ( def ) + -o- ( def ) + -genesis ( def )
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I am just going through the motions, pushing forward with a fake-it-till-I-make-it kind of attitude, believing once this week’s ‘weather bomb’ is over — or “bombogenesis,” or another menacing, meteorologists’ coined name thrown out for the latest explosive, fast-strengthening, impending-doom hyped storm, that my worry will subside.

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Supercharged by that dramatic bombogenesis and warm Pacific temperatures, which together pumped up the system’s winds and moisture, the storm could cause life-threatening flooding and damaging high surf north of the Bay Area, with prolonged, heavy rainfall, strong winds and significant mountain snow, according to the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center.

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The phrase is taken from the US term "bombogenesis" used to described a fall of at least 24 millibars of pressure in 24 hours.

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And as it zeroed in on the coast, the storm reached bombogenesis — or “bomb cyclone” — status, indicating a sustained drop in pressure and a rapid strengthening.

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Models suggest it could intensify as it approaches the coast of California, a process called bombogenesis in which a spinning low-pressure system rapidly deepens, Swain said in an online briefing Tuesday.

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