Thanks, Jim.
Now I can keep the illusion alive.
I thought baroclinic was in MN.... oh wait.....
At 11:43 AM 5/11/2006, Jim Johnson wrote:
>On 5/11/06, Peter C. <nosimport@mailbag.com> wrote:
>>Bomb is a term being bandied about, locally, but that seems to apply
>>to the East coast, mostly.
>
>I was being facetious... About 15 or 20 years ago some
>meteorologists began referring to "explosively deepening, strongly
>baroclinic low pressure systems" as "bombs". As they always do, the
>media people overheard this "slang" term and began using it for any
>large low pressure system hoping to sound erudite. The illusion of
>knowledge, if you will.
>
>>Yeah.... nice day out. Snow up north tonight, they say.
>>it IS May, right?
>
>Yup, it is. And you guys up north aren't out of the woods just yet... ;-)
>
>Cheers!!
>Jim - 68 Midget in Dodge City
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