jordanlund@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year ago'Bomb cyclone' kills 1 and knocks out power to over half a million homes across the northwest USapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down12
arrow-up142arrow-down1external-link'Bomb cyclone' kills 1 and knocks out power to over half a million homes across the northwest USapnews.comjordanlund@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square4linkfedilink
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoI’m confused. I thought hurricanes were north of the equator and cyclones spun the other way and were only found south of the equator, but the bomb cyclone hit Washington state and Canada.
minus-squareMontagge@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agohttps://gpm.nasa.gov/resources/faq/what-difference-between-typhoon-cyclone-and-hurricane
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoIt’s a synoptic cyclone. Thanks!
minus-squareAdmiral Patrick@dubvee.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoDifferent kinds of cyclones. This one is more correctly called “Explosive Cyclogenesis”
I’m confused. I thought hurricanes were north of the equator and cyclones spun the other way and were only found south of the equator, but the bomb cyclone hit Washington state and Canada.
https://gpm.nasa.gov/resources/faq/what-difference-between-typhoon-cyclone-and-hurricane
It’s a synoptic cyclone. Thanks!
Different kinds of cyclones. This one is more correctly called “Explosive Cyclogenesis”