February 26, 2013

How to Forecast Weather 'Bombs'

Larry O'Hanlon, Discovery News


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Meteorologists have hit on one possible way to detect one of the worst kinds of storms before they take shape. Explosive cyclones, so called "meteorological bombs," pop into existence in a day or two and can wreak havoc on land, as well as at sea. That makes them especially hard to forecast.

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