According to the Met Office, the term “weather bomb”, which is not a perfect meteorological term, is defined as an intense low pressure system with a central pressure that falls 24 millibars in a 24-hour period.
What is a #weatherbomb? In meteorological terms, it's known as rapid or explosive cyclogenesis http://t.co/lQB5S7pr9S pic.twitter.com/2MCu6WA0tE
— Met Office (@metoffice) December 9, 2014Currently it looks like the west coast of Scotland and the Northwest of England are going to bear the brunt of the strong winds starting overnight into Wednesday 10 December.
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