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Old January 5th 18, 09:19 AM posted to uk.sci.weather
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On 05/01/2018 00:36, wrote:
If you think the UK met office over hype words related to relatively ordinary meteorological conditions,
The news media and the all day weather stations here in the USA (watching tv while away on business in the colonies) are describing the storm that has just travelled up the east coast of America from Florida to Canada as having undergone bombogenesis.
Pressure reducing by over 24millibars between the start of the low to its end. It did drop a load of snow and cause over 4000 flight cancellations.
Great word, will we see it in the met office lexicon soon.

Perhaps this might help -
https://www.snopes.com/2018/01/04/re...-social-media/

An older term than you thought?
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