The 2024-2025 water year's first major storm is arriving, described by meteorologists as a 'bomb cyclone', accompanied by high winds and intense precipitation.
This first storm is certainly kicking off to an impressive start. The last two water years saw dozens of atmospheric rivers, indicating a pattern of uncommonly wet winters in California.
The exceptionally strong bomb cyclone is helping drive the storm, although its distance from the coast means its effects are diminished compared to other storms.
A bomb cyclone is a low-pressure system that deepens very rapidly over a 24-hour period, and this one intensified almost four times the usual rate.
Collection
[
|
...
]