Meteorologists and their weather models have not come to any agreement about whether Tuesday’s incoming storm will meet the criteria of a “bomb cyclone,” but suffice it to say it will be really windy and wet.
There is a huge area of low pressure out over the Pacific Ocean, carrying with it wind, rain, and potential thunderstorms, and it is scheduled to hit the Northern California coast with a vengence by 7 pm.
A “bomb cyclone” occurs when a storm’s central pressure drops at least 24 millibars within 24 hours, also known as bombogenesis — and the lower the central pressure, the stronger that storm can become…