jordanlund@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 3 个月前'Bomb cyclone' kills 1 and knocks out power to over half a million homes across the northwest USapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down12
arrow-up142arrow-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 · 3 个月前message-square4fedilink
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 个月前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.
minus-squareMontagge@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 个月前https://gpm.nasa.gov/resources/faq/what-difference-between-typhoon-cyclone-and-hurricane
minus-squareAdmiral Patrick@dubvee.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 个月前Different 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”