jordanlund@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 day ago'Bomb cyclone' kills 1 and knocks out power to over half a million homes across the northwest USapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down12
arrow-up140arrow-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 day agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day 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-squareMontaggelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 day agohttps://gpm.nasa.gov/resources/faq/what-difference-between-typhoon-cyclone-and-hurricane
minus-squareAdmiral Patrick@dubvee.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day 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”