More than 100 million Americans are on alert as bomb cyclone and another powerful storm plunge Thank

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More than 100 million Americans are on alert as bomb cyclone and another powerful storm plunge Thanksgiving travel into chaos with over 8,000 flight delays and heavy snowfall from the Rocky Mountains to the Great Lakes

    Over 100 million people are under weather warnings in 26 states from California to New York on Tuesday
    The first storm kicked off early in the morning with snow falling at a rate of three inches per hour over Denver
    More than 8,000 flights have already been delayed nationwide, the majority at Denver International Airport
    The airport is expected to drop up to two feet of snow from the Rockies to the Great Lakes into Wednesday 
    Another major storm expected to hit the West Coast later Tuesday could bring 'bomb cyclone' conditions with over two feet of snow to the mountains in the Northwest and possible flash flooding in Southern California
    The storm will move into the Rockies and toward the central US on Thanksgiving before dumping rain on the East Coast on Sunday

By Megan Sheets For Dailymail.com and Associated Press

Published: 10:00 EST, 26 November 2019 | Updated: 17:40 EST, 26 November 2019


More than 100 million Americans on are under weather warnings as a pair of powerful storms promising several feet of snow and powerful winds across large swaths of the country plunge Thanksgiving travel into chaos - causing over 8,000 flights delays so far with thousands more expected as the holiday approaches. 

The majority of the delays reported Tuesday were at Denver International Airport as a strong storm dumped more than a foot of snow in northern Colorado before moving east through the Rocky Mountains and up toward the Great Lakes. 

A second major storm is expected to strike the West Coast over Tuesday and Wednesday, bringing 'bomb cyclone' conditions with over two feet of snow to the mountains in the Northwest and possible flash flooding in Southern California.

The National Weather Service described the second storm as 'historic' and said it could rival the strength of a Category 1 hurricane with winds up to 74mph in southwest Oregon and northwest California. 

The storm system will then move into the Rockies toward the central US on Thanksgiving and into the weekend before dumping rain on the East Coast on Sunday. 



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[PeteS in CA]

I think that's called winter weather. BTW, the predicted heavy snow in California is in the Sierra Nevadas, and it's called the start of ski season. The Sierras are some of the snowiest places on Earth.

[Cyber Liberty]

"Bomb Cyclone?"  WTF is that??

[mountaineer]

We're supposed to have 50 mph winds tomorrow but no snow, I'm grateful to say.

[catfish1957]

"Bomb Cyclone?"  WTF is that??

Meterological hype blared out to grab the listening audience.

[PeteS in CA]

"Bomb Cyclone?"  WTF is that??

A normal winter storm hyped to support Global Worm ... Warm ... Climate Change.

[Free Vulcan]

"Bomb Cyclone?"  WTF is that??

That's the media wink and nod for 'caused by global warming'.

[Applewood]

"Bomb Cyclone?"  WTF is that??

From Wikipedia:

Explosive cyclogenesis (also referred to as a weather bomb,[1][2][3] meteorological bomb,[4] explosive development,[1] bomb cyclone[5][6] or bombogenesis[7][8][9]) is the rapid deepening of an extratropical cyclonic low-pressure area. The change in pressure needed to classify something as explosive cyclogenesis is latitude dependent. For example, at 60° latitude, explosive cyclogenesis occurs if the central pressure decreases by 24 mbar (hPa) or more in 24 hours.[10][11] This is a predominantly maritime, winter event,[10] but also occurs in continental settings,[12][13] even in the summer.[14][failed verification] This process is the extratropical equivalent of the tropical rapid deepening. Although their cyclogenesis is totally different from that of tropical cyclones, bombs can produce winds of 74–95 mph, the same order as the first categories of the Saffir-Simpson scale and give heavy precipitation. Even though only a minority of the bombs become so strong, some have caused significant damage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosive_cyclogenesis

Now aren't you sorry you asked?

[Wingnut]

"Bomb Cyclone?"  WTF is that??

Weather channel bullshit.

[Elderberry]

Thanksgiving Holiday scheduled to bring [yet more] Record-Breaking Cold and Snow to the United States

Electroverse by Cap Allon  November 26, 2019

https://electroverse.net/thanksgiving-holiday-scheduled-to-bring-yet-more-record-breaking-cold-and-snow-to-the-united-states/

A powerful Arctic trough is expected to bring record-breaking cold and snow to the United States Wednesday through Sunday, particularly across Western and Central regions.

Worst affected areas look set to be the Sierra and southern Great Basin where “hazardous, wintry travel conditions are to be anticipated,” says the NWS. A staggering 50+ inches (4.2+ feet) of early-season snow is forecast to fall across the California mountain ranges this week.

Looking a little to east, the picture doesn’t get much better — the GFS is picking up on 30 inches (2.5 feet) accumulating in the states of Nevada, Utah and Colorado over the next few days alone.

While turning north, parts of Wyoming, Idaho and Montana are also set for 30 inches on Wed through Sun, as are the already badly hit key growing regions of North and South Dakota, along with nearby Minnesota and Wisconsin. And the Northeast won’t be missing out either, with Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire looking buried on the fourth Thursday in November.

Significant snowstorms will impact travel through the Thanksgiving Holiday week — stay safe out there.

[libertybele]

"Bomb Cyclone?"  WTF is that??

Larger than a "polar vortex"? 

[Cyber Liberty]

From Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosive_cyclogenesis

Now aren't you sorry you asked?

LOL!  No, not sorry, that's interesting. 

[dfwgator]

Remember when it was just called "Winter"?

[Smokin Joe]

We got an inch of snow, not on radar, not predicted, not reported. As if it didn't happen.
Not that an inch here is such a big deal, but it might have been nice to have some warning.
Streets in town were slicker than all get out.

[jpsb]

Remember when it was just called "Winter"?

It is not winter yet. It is still fall. Winter starts on Dec 21 today is Nov 27.

[Gefn]

They are talking about not having any balloons in tomorrow’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

What ever will Mr. Pitt do?

[mountaineer]

They are talking about not having any balloons in tomorrow’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

What ever will Mr. Pitt do?

[Gefn]

@mountaineer I’m glad someone got that joke/reference 

[mountaineer]

Of course, @Gefn ! Happy TG to you, too!

[Applewood]

We got an inch of snow, not on radar, not predicted, not reported. As if it didn't happen.
Not that an inch here is such a big deal, but it might have been nice to have some warning.
Streets in town were slicker than all get out.

My father often joked about the time snow flurries were predicted and we ended up with 2 feet of "snow flurries,"  But that happened back in the 1950s, long before computer models and all the technology we have today.  Still, weather predictions aren't even close to an exact science.  Stuff happens without warning. 

Where I live, there are plenty of hills and mountains, and a meteorologist once told me the terrain makes it difficult to predict the weather here.  Our weather guessers stand in front of maps wearing their frowny faces, predicting all sorts of dire weather.  But in reality, around here weather prediction is a crap shoot.  These guys really don't know what is going to happen.

[Smokin Joe]

My father often joked about the time snow flurries were predicted and we ended up with 2 feet of "snow flurries,"  But that happened back in the 1950s, long before computer models and all the technology we have today.  Still, weather predictions aren't even close to an exact science.  Stuff happens without warning. 

Where I live, there are plenty of hills and mountains, and a meteorologist once told me the terrain makes it difficult to predict the weather here.  Our weather guessers stand in front of maps wearing their frowny faces, predicting all sorts of dire weather.  But in reality, around here weather prediction is a crap shoot.  These guys really don't know what is going to happen.

But..but..the whole planet is going to melt in just a few years (again)....

I still rely on my 'weather eye', developed as a kid in the tidewater...where your life could depend on reading the weather.
It still works.

[XenaLee]

"Bomb Cyclone?"  WTF is that??

It's the idiot left's attempt to panic everyone into believing their spiel on "globull warmifreezing".

Alarmist BS, IOW.

[Applewood]

Well, we in western PA got the high winds -- 60 mph gusts where I live -- but very little rain and no snow -- yet.  I have electricity, but the local electric companies at one point reported over a thousand customers without power.  Power lines and trees are down in some neighborhoods. 

The weather people here are forecasting rain/snow mix, then all snow Sunday into Monday.  I just hope it's over by the time I fly out Monday evening. 

Have they decided yet whether the Macy's balloons are going to fly? 

[Gefn]

Well, we in western PA got the high winds -- 60 mph gusts where I live -- but very little rain and no snow -- yet.  I have electricity, but the local electric companies at one point reported over a thousand customers without power.  Power lines and trees are down in some neighborhoods. 

The weather people here are forecasting rain/snow mix, then all snow Sunday into Monday.  I just hope it's over by the time I fly out Monday evening. 

Have they decided yet whether the Macy's balloons are going to fly?

They’re up and ready to go! . @Applewood

The one I’m looking forward to seeing is Snoopy Astronaut. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the moon landing.

[mountaineer]

The Macy's parade balloons will fly!

NYC Thanksgiving parade balloons will fly, officials say
by ASSOCIATED PRESSThursday, November 28th 2019

NEW YORK (AP) — The beloved balloons of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade were set to fly, if lower than usual, after an anxious weather watch Thursday morning.   ...

If wind speeds reach dangerous levels, the 16 helium balloons — including Smokey Bear and Snoopy — could still be taken out of the parade. The balloons have only been grounded once for weather-related reasons, in 1971.

The National Weather Service is projecting sustained winds of up to 24 mph (39 kph) with gusts to 40 mph (64 kph) during the parade.

City rules require balloons to be grounded if sustained winds exceed 23 mph (37 kph) and gusts exceed 34 mph (55 kph). ...

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