The largest nontropical bomb cyclone on record since 1958 struck over the northern Pacific Ocean on New Year’s Eve from 2020 into 2021.

The “bomb cyclone” about to wallop the East Coast has been referred to as a bombogenesis by meteorologists — leaving many scratching their heads. It’s also left Americans still digging themselves out of a foot or more of snowfall from last weekend’s Winter Storm Fern, worrying about being buried by another few inches.

(THE CONVERSATION) A bomb cyclone is a large, intense midlatitude storm that has low pressure at its center, weather fronts and an array of associated weather, from blizzards to severe thunderstorms to heavy precipitation.

A bomb cyclone is a name that was given to the atmospheric process of 'explosive cyclogenesis' and is used to describe a quickly and deeply strengthening storm. It has also been referred to as 'bombogenesis.'

This weekend will offer the most frigid weather of this historically long cold snap, which will only ease slightly next week.

Winter Storm Fern aftermath continues as the East Coast braces for a bomb cyclone and polar vortex, with heavy snow and Arctic air impacting the US.

Deep penetration of cold temperatures and a coastal storm will bring bomb cyclone and polar vortex into your newsfeeds. Here's why.

North Carolina is bracing for another major weather system that could bring widespread heavy snow, dangerous cold and near-blizzard conditions.

A storm will rapidly strengthen along the East Coast this weekend, delivering heavy snow from the Carolinas to New England, with blizzard conditions likely in the hardest-hit areas. Coastal flooding is anticipated.

A new bomb cyclone storm system is headed to for the U.S. this weekend, following a previously weekend of severe weather and another bomb cyclone just this month.