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You may have seen the term “Bomb Cyclone” used to describe this weather event, but what does it actually mean and why don’t you see that the Meteorological Office is like this?

The latest severe air warning given by the Bureau defines “a quickly deep -pressure system that deepens in deeply deepened, which is, which is“ predicting a strong coast to develop at low sea ”.

The media calls this phenomenon “Bomb Cyclos”.

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Asked about the term nine Today, Bom Meteorologist Jonathan announced that the “bomb cyclone” is an official meteorological term that explains how quickly this low pressure system deepens.

But that doesn’t mean that Bom likes to use it.

Uz We don’t really use this term much. We talk about a low -pressure system that deepens very quickly because ‘bomb’ can create a little more panic and a little more scary than it is actually, ”he said.

So with the low deepening of the coast, we can call the phenomenon “bomb cyclone ,, but remember that there is no official cyclone and there is no bomb.

He is more accustomed to creating images of a sudden and significant decrease in atmospheric pressure, such as a bomb that turns into a stronger and rapidly intensified storm.

You can learn more about the system and the rapid intensification or “bombogenesis.