As it turns out, Mother Nature also has a button, and it may be biggest of all..
As cold as a stepmother’s kiss temperatures gripped the eastern third of the United States – goin on 11 days – the folks suffering though one of the coldest winters on record “ain’t seen nothing yet,” according to forecasters. Cue the “bomb cyclone.”
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Forecasters are expecting a so-called “bomb cyclone” effect after pressure was predicted to fall extremely fast resulting in “explosive strengthening.”
In what the Washington Post is calling an “exploding storm,” the scary bomb like cyclone is set to hammer coastal locations from Georgia to Maine with ice and snow.
By Thursday, the storm will, in many ways, resemble a winter explosion, battering easternmost New England with battering winds in addition to blinding snow.
The storm could rank as the most intense over the waters east of New England in decades at this time of year. While blizzard conditions could paste some coastal areas, the most extreme conditions will remain well out over the ocean.
as it turns out mother nature also has a button.. #BombCyclone
— Count – TheCount.com (@THECOUNTnews) January 3, 2018
In the storm’s wake, the mother lode of numbing cold will crash south — likely the last but most bitter in brutal blasts since Christmas Eve.
The responsible storm is forecast to begin taking shape off the coast of Florida Wednesday, unloading hazardous snow and ice in highly unusual locations not accustomed to such weather.
The National Weather Service has already posted winter storm watches from Lake City, Fla. to Norfolk.
It is then expected to rapidly intensify, buffeting the Mid-Atlantic beaches and eastern New England, where winter storm watches have also been issued.
Developing.