at 10:10 AM by Mallory Schnell

Meteorological Bomb in the North Pacific

Meteorological Bomb North Pacific – Typhoon Nuri could become the strongest extratropical storm on record for the North Pacific as it explodes into a meteorological “bomb” over the next few days. According to NOAA, a meteorological bomb (bomb cyclone) is “an extratropical area of low pressure in which the central pressure drops at least 24 millibars in 24 hours.” The GFS has Nuri’s central pressure dropping from 976 mb on Thursday night to 918 mb on Friday night (Capital Weather Gang). Below is the GFS model output for Saturday morning, and ‘drops the bomb’ in-between Alaska and Russia.

GFS surface wind model output valid Saturday morning - via earth.nullschool.net
GFS surface wind model output valid Saturday morning – via earth.nullschool.net

If the storm acts in such a way, it will attain the lowest pressure on record for the Bering Sea and will come close to the lowest pressure recorded for any extratropical storm (913 mb).

Temperature differences between the tropics and the Arctic will fuel Nuri in becoming a superstorm. Hurricane force winds and giant waves are expected as a result of this storm; Nuri will eventually work to help bring cold air to the States next week. Updates on the storm can be found on NOAA NWS Ocean Prediction Center’s Facebook page.