A​ large winter storm could develop into a so-called bomb cyclone over the Midwest later this week and bring blizzard conditions, which will likely cause widespread travel disruptions.
A bomb cyclone is when a storm system’s pressure drops 24 millibars in 24 hours, or at the rate of 1 millibar per hour, in a process known as bombogenesis. According to the Weather Channel, it could develop over the Great Lakes region. An Arctic cold front arriving later this week will bring dangerous cold to much of the country, along with a sudden, rapid temperature drop, snow squalls in portions of the West, and the potential for flash freezes from the Mid-South to the East Coast. Here are the Key Messages. pic.twitter.com/XQshI3egLw…