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‘Bomb cyclone’ pounding the U.S. about to sideswipe Canada

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The meteorological bomb is expected to have its biggest impact on Canada along the 49th parallel — and especially in Ontario.

The“bomb cyclone” storm that has hit America off the coast of Oregon and California will also have an impact on Canada as far as the Atlantic coast.

In the United States, places such as Lodgepole, Calif., are forecast to have about four feet of snowfall through Friday.

The storm is expected to reach the American Northeast as it makes its way through the U.S. High Plains and high Midwest. In New York City, 80 km/h winds could hinder the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and its larger-than-life balloons.

There are multiple factors behind the storm, such as an intense jet stream that’s diving far south, but it’s also been joined by all-time barometric lows. The air pressure fell by 43 millibars in 24 hours, reports The Washington Post, as the storm hit the West coast on Tuesday. A drop of 24 millibars qualifies the storm as a meteorological bomb. The faster the pressure drops, the more air is drawn into the storm, creating stronger winds, such as the ones in Cape Blanco, Ore. on Tuesday that hovered around 136 km/h, with a recorded gust of 170 km/h.

The U.S. storm is expected to have its biggest impact on Canada along the 49th parallel, and especially in Ontario. But before it reaches central Canada, the storm is having an indirect impact on the western provinces, where it plays a factor in the conditions experienced in British Columbia, for example.

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