jordanlund@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 13 days 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-up6·13 days 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-squareAdmiral Patrick@dubvee.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·13 days agoDifferent kinds of cyclones. This one is more correctly called “Explosive Cyclogenesis”
minus-squareMontagge@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up7·13 days agohttps://gpm.nasa.gov/resources/faq/what-difference-between-typhoon-cyclone-and-hurricane
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·13 days agoIt’s a synoptic cyclone. Thanks!
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.
Different kinds of cyclones. This one is more correctly called “Explosive Cyclogenesis”
https://gpm.nasa.gov/resources/faq/what-difference-between-typhoon-cyclone-and-hurricane
It’s a synoptic cyclone. Thanks!