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单词 weather bomb
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Definition of weather bomb in English:

weather bomb

noun
Meteorology
  • A rapidly developing severe storm, technically defined as one in which barometric pressure at the centre of the storm drops by at least 24 millibars over a 24-hour period at or north of 60° latitude.

    brace yourselves for the Boxing Day weather bomb!
    Example sentencesExamples
    • About three metres of his yard disappeared during the 2010 weather bomb.
    • A fully fledged weather bomb is raging outside which has made our semi-sheltered spot extra popular.
    • The alert comes after satellites revealed the weather bomb - a deep low pressure system - developing near Iceland.
    • A Nasa astronaut has captured the moment the powerful weather bomb storm swept over the UK, posting the image on Twitter.
    • Video shows the moment when lightning struck a wind turbine during the so-called weather bomb on Wednesday.

Origin

1940s: popular term for an instance of explosive cyclogenesis.

Definition of weather bomb in US English:

weather bomb

noun
Meteorology
  • A rapidly developing severe storm, technically defined as one in which barometric pressure at the center of the storm drops by at least 24 millibars over a 24-hour period at or north of 60° latitude.

    many houses could face water damage if more weather bombs arrive
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A fully fledged weather bomb is raging outside which has made our semi-sheltered spot extra popular.
    • Video shows the moment when lightning struck a wind turbine during the so-called weather bomb on Wednesday.
    • About three metres of his yard disappeared during the 2010 weather bomb.
    • The alert comes after satellites revealed the weather bomb - a deep low pressure system - developing near Iceland.
    • A Nasa astronaut has captured the moment the powerful weather bomb storm swept over the UK, posting the image on Twitter.

Origin

1940s: popular term for an instance of explosive cyclogenesis.

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