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Date: November 21, 2024 at 12:17:59
From: pamela, [DNS_Address]
Subject: How a powerful bomb cyclone ravaged the Northwest Nov. 20, 2024 at 4:0 |
URL: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/climate-lab/how-a-powerful-bomb-cyclone-ravaged-the-northwest/ |
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How a powerful bomb cyclone ravaged the Northwest
Nov. 20, 2024 at 4:09 pm Updated Nov. 20, 2024 at 6:01
pm
By Conrad Swanson and Catalina Gaitán
Seattle Times staff reporters
This storm was off the charts.
The bomb cyclone emerged from the middle of the Pacific
Ocean and swirled with such intensity off Washington’s
coast that it ravaged the region Tuesday night, ripping
down trees, toppling power lines and killing at least
two.
Each storm like this is unique — with its own
personality, said Lynn McMurdie, a professor of
atmospheric sciences at the University of Washington.
“And this one has a lot of personality,” she said.
Washington weather: Bomb cyclone
Live | Bomb cyclone: Updates on Seattle area power
outages, school closures and more
PSE power outage update: When service could be restored
after WA windstorm
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monoxide poisoning
WATCH: Western Washington residents recover after bomb
cyclone havoc
Friday’s windstorm will not likely be a bomb cyclone.
What to expect
How a powerful bomb cyclone ravaged the Northwest
Pressure dropped 27 millibars in six hours, about four
times faster than the rate meteorologists use to label
storms as bomb cyclones. It dropped so far and so fast
that, under one method of analysis, it landed in a
category reserved for the strongest of its kind: A
“super explosive cyclone.”
Bomb cyclones are common enough, but rarely form as far
south as this one did and gather so much strength so
quickly, said Jason Ahsenmacher, lead meteorologist for
the National Weather Service in Fairbanks, Alaska.
As far back as the records go, a cyclone this strong
hasn’t formed before in this part of the world at this
time of year, Ahsenmacher said. It belongs to an upper
echelon of low-pressure systems.
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Date: November 22, 2024 at 09:40:10
From: Redhart, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: How a powerful bomb cyclone ravaged the Northwest Nov. 20, 2024... |
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it's working south and it looks like it's going to start
hitting us tomorrow...have rain on the forecast every
day until thanksgiving.
Hatches battened. Although i'm hoping it's lost a lot of
that energy by the time it gets to us.
I don't see wind warnings here, at least (southern
Sierras).
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Date: November 22, 2024 at 11:34:53
From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: How a powerful bomb cyclone ravaged the Northwest Nov. 20, 2024... |
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we've gotten 8 inches since monday...
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Date: November 23, 2024 at 09:07:09
From: Redhart, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: How a powerful bomb cyclone ravaged the Northwest Nov. 20, 2024... |
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yikes...that's a lot of rain. Hoping you are safe.
This thing is hitting this morning, but so far just
drizzle and light rain. 50F out, and too warm to snow.
But, you know, it's just started here.
NWS has us down for rain until next wednesday.
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