As if the holidays in 2022 could be anything else, a storm with unprecedented scale and severity is on the way.
heavy snow, and strong winds are coming just in time for the holidays, all thanks to a bomb cyclone. It’s a catchy and menacing name for a type of winter storm that can create extremely dangerous conditions. Forecasters predict this one could be unprecedented in its scope, sending freezing temperatures across Canada and most of the US.extreme cold to hit between Thursday and Monday.
One stat will have everyone turning up their thermostats: Areas of every US state could drop below freezing on Christmas Eve. The storm’s span is huge; some 240 million people could see local temperatures drop below 20 degrees Fahrenheit this week, says John Moore, a public affairs specialist and meteorologist with the NWS. Fifty-five million of them may feel temperatures below zero.
“We typically get Arctic air masses that move down to the continental United States from Canada during the winter, but this one is unprecedented,” says Moore. “It gets a lot further south than these really cold air masses typically get.” To qualify as a “bomb,” the pressure at the center of the storm must drop rapidly at a rate of at least 24 millibars over 24 hours. Bomb cyclones form when a cold air mass meets a warmer one, and warm air is drawn into the storm.
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