Mid-latitude storms that rapidly intensify into violent weather systems, known as bomb cyclones, form through a specific chain of atmospheric events that begins with clashing air masses and ends with ...

Such rapidly strengthening storms are capable of producing heavy rain, blizzard conditions and intense winds that can create dangerous conditions such as downed trees and power outages.

(AP) — 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 ...