Bomb cyclones can happen in any season, but mainly occur during fall and winter.

A bomb cyclone, or explosive cyclogenesis, occurs when a storm's central pressure sharply drops, intensifying it to potentially create serious weather conditions like heavy rain, blizzards, and ...

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When turbulent weather with whipping winds and heavy snow is in the forecast, meteorologists sometimes warn that a storm could “bomb out” or become a bomb cyclone. But what exactly does this mean?

Austin Bradbury uses a chainsaw to remove a tree above a road Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV) When turbulent weather with whipping winds and heavy snow is in the ...