{"id":35609,"date":"2024-11-21T12:02:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T12:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europenews.uk\/us-weather-thanksgiving-misery-expected-as-coast-to-coast-storms-to-bring-bomb-cyclone\/"},"modified":"2024-11-21T12:02:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T12:02:00","slug":"us-weather-thanksgiving-misery-expected-as-coast-to-coast-storms-to-bring-bomb-cyclone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europenews.uk\/us-weather-thanksgiving-misery-expected-as-coast-to-coast-storms-to-bring-bomb-cyclone\/","title":{"rendered":"US weather: ‘Thanksgiving misery’ expected as ‘coast-to-coast’ storms to bring ‘bomb cyclone’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u2018Coast-to-coast\u2019 storms erupting in a winter \u2018bomb cyclone\u2019 loaded with gales, rain and blizzards threaten Thanksgiving misery.<\/p>\n

A huge storm is about to whack the west coast unleashing feet of snow and powerful winds into the weekend.<\/p>\n

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A swirling pressure system will strengthen rapidly through \u2018explosive cyclogenesis\u2019 giving rise to a \u2018bomb cyclone\u2019 storm.<\/p>\n

People are warned not to travel unless absolutely necessary as an \u2018atmospheric river\u2019 of rain gushes into Northern California, Oregon and surrounding regions.<\/p>\n

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Weather Channel meteorologist Chris Dolce said: \u201cA powerful low-pressure system known as a “bomb cyclone” has intensified off the West Coast and will usher in a strong, long-duration atmospheric river likely to produce flooding rain, feet of snow and high winds through the end of the week.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe storm has easily met the criteria for what meteorologists call bombogenesis, from where the term “bomb cyclone” originates.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat means its pressure has dropped by 24 or more millibars in 24 hours or less, indicative of a storm that is intensifying quickly, and this can result in more significant impacts.\u201d<\/p>\n

Satellite images reveal the huge storm churning off the Pacific coast, whipping up winds of 70mph.<\/p>\n

A torrent of downpours carried on a channel of moist air \u2013 or atmospheric river \u2013 will dump inches of rain in parts.<\/p>\n

Where showers meet cold air from the north, heavy snow will blanket the hills and mountains, with disruptive snowfall possible to lower levels.<\/p>\n

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