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- noun meteorology Rapid, or extreme
cyclogenesis , often characterized by a barometric pressure drop of 24 millibars in a 24 hour period.
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Examples
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Because the low pressure center deepened so rapidly, a meteorological phenomenon known as "bombogenesis," winds were extremely strong across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
Blizzard blasts coastal cities from Va. to Mass. Andrew Freedman 2010
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In fact, the storm is likely to undergo "bombogenesis" with the central pressure falling by at least 1MB/hour during a 24 hour period.
WLNE - News 2010
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The low pressure is projected to deepen more than 30 mb in 24 hours, meeting the criteria for bombogenesis
Philly, New York, and Boston face major snow Jason Samenow 2011
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This kind of extreme drop in pressure is referred to as "explosive cyclogenesis" or "bombogenesis"
Midwest storm by the numbers Jason Samenow 2010
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First: it strengthened rapidly, in a process that geeky folks like myself call "bombogenesis."
Capital Weather Gang 2010
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Some serious bombogenesis going on at Hurricane Igor.
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As a New Englander, we see a fairly regular diet of warm core type hybrid type noreasters (rogues), characterized by rapid intensification (Walter Drag’s ‘bombogenesis’)and thunder snow.
Candace commented on the word bombogenesis
Years ago, I heard a local TV weather forecaster use this neologism to describe the birth and rapid growth in intensiy of a nor'easter. Thought it was funny, and never forgot it, although I have forgotten the forecaster's name.
June 27, 2009