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Originally Posted by biker1
The term "bomb" has been around for at least 30 years, that I can remember, perhaps longer. While not particularly "scientific" sounding, it does have a pressure fall rate associated with it. I can't remember the exact value, something like 24 millibars in 24 hours, weighted by the sine of the latitude, or something like that. It is essentially a hole in the atmosphere and does occur fairly often. There is certainly more attention (i.e. advertising dollars) associated with weather events today that were just as common in the past. It is what it is.
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You are right Biker.
I just never heard it before last year. But a huge drop in pressure triggers it.
I remember when you weren't so quick to correct me.