Meanings
plural explosive cyclogeneses
- countableuncountableclimatologyA decline in the barometric pressure of twenty-four millibars over a twenty-four hour period at or north of sixty-degrees latitude.
1985, SJ Colucci. Journal of the atmospheric sciences, Volume 42, number 24, page 2701, Explosive cyclogenesis and large-scale circulation changes: Implications for atmospheric blocking
2 more examples
1986, Frederick Sanders, Monthly Weather Review, Volume 114, page 1781, Explosive Cyclogenesis in the West-Central North Atlantic Ocean, 1981–84. Part I: Composite Structure and Mean Behavior.
2000, John R. Gyakum and Richard E. Danielson, Monthly Weather Review, Volume 128, page 851, Analysis of Meteorological Precursors to Ordinary and Explosive Cyclogenesis in the Western North Pacific.
Synonyms: bombogenesis, meteorological bomb, weather bomb
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA decline in the barometric pressure of twenty-four millibars over a twenty-four hour period at or north of sixty-degrees latitude.
Origin
From explosive (“from being the explosive (rapid) generation of an extratropical cyclonic storm”) + cyclogenesis.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 爆發性旋生 /爆发性旋生
- 爆發性旋生 /爆发性旋生 (bàofāxìngxuánshēng)Translations
Japanese 爆発性低気圧発生
- 爆発性低気圧発生 (bakuhatsusē tēkiatsu hatsē)Translations
Cite this entry
explosive cyclogenesis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/explosive%20cyclogenesis
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