jordanlund@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 months ago'Bomb cyclone' kills 1 and knocks out power to over half a million homes across the northwest USapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down12
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minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months 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-up7·2 months agohttps://gpm.nasa.gov/resources/faq/what-difference-between-typhoon-cyclone-and-hurricane
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoIt’s a synoptic cyclone. Thanks!
minus-squareAdmiral Patrick@dubvee.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months 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”