Winter Storm Grayson: Latest photos of huge amounts of snow after 'bomb cyclone' hit US northeast
The latest photos of the massive winter storm barrelling into the northeastern US, as a rapid plunge in barometric pressure causes bombogenesis or a "bomb cyclone".
IBTimes UK brings you the latest photos of the massive winter storm barrelling into the northeastern US. The storm is the product of a rapid plunge in barometric pressure that some weather forecasters are referring to as bombogenesis or a "bomb cyclone", which brings fast, heavy snowfall and high winds.
Thom Meyers, 67, trudges with a cane through deep snow on a street in Atlantic City, New JerseyMark Makela/Getty imagesA huge wave crashes over homes on Lighthouse Road in Scituate, MassachusettsScott Eisen/Getty ImagesDrivers make their way through a mixture of seawater, snow and ice on Beach Road in the Boston suburb of Lynn after the ocean breached the sea wallBrian Snyder/ReutersThis aerial photograph shows snow in Washington,DC with the Washington Memorial Monument in the distanceDaniel Slim/AFPPeople take photos of the snow in Times Square, New YorkJewel Samad/AFPCommuters drive on the Sunrise Highway as a blizzard hits Medford, New YorkAndrew Theodorakis/Getty ImagesGeorge, who is homeless, shelters from the snow in a church alcove in BostonSpencer Platt/Getty imagesA mail delivery person pulls her cart through the snow in Brooklyn, New YorkAngela Weiss/AFPTwo young men try to get their car unstuck after a snowstorm in Rehoboth Beach, DelawareMark Wilson/Getty ImagesThe departures drop-off area at JetBlue, Terminal five, at John F Kennedy International Airport in the Queens borough of New YorkRebecca Butala How/Getty ImagesA man shovels snow on a street in New YorkTheo Wargo/Getty ImagesIce forms on the front door of a residence in Atlantic City, New JerseyMark Makela/Getty ImagesA man looks out over a frozen Potomac River during a snow storm in Washington, DCSaul Loeb/AFPA homeless man sits on a steam grate for warmth alongside the National Mall during a snow storm in Washington, DCSaul Loeb/AFPPeople ride snowmobiles on Route 112 in Medford, New YorkAndrew Theodorakis/Getty ImagesVickie Hock pulls her daughter Lily along a snow-covered field in Savannah, GeorgiaJoe Raedle/Getty ImagesA woman struggles across a snow-covered 145th Street in upper Manhattan during a snowstorm in New YorkMike Segar/ReutersSnow covers the boardwalk in Ocean City, MarylandMark Wilson/Getty ImagesThe Brooklyn Bridge is reflected in a man's ski gogglesAngela Weiss/AFPCars are stuck in a snow drift during a storm in Ocean City, MarylandMark Wilson/Getty ImagesA man walks across a snow-covered street in upper Manhattan, New YorkMike Segar/ReutersCrews clear snow from around the gates at Logan International Airport during a winter snow storm in Boston, MassachusettsBrian Snyder/ReutersPeople try to clear the snow as a blizzard hits Patchogue, New YorkAndrew Theodorakis/Getty ImagesA woman walks down the street during a blizzard in Long Beach, New YorkShannon Stapleton/ReutersA vintage car is seen covered in snow in Long Beach, New YorkShannon Stapleton/ReutersA person sleds down a hill in Brooklyn, New YorkAngela Weiss/AFPWilmer Romero shovels snow in Atlantic City, New JerseyMark Makela/Getty ImagesA worker clears snow in Times Square during a winter storm in New YorkJewel Samad/AFPA man shovels snow on Main Street in Bellport, New YorkAndrew Theodorakis/Getty ImagesIce floes choke the harbour in New Haven, ConnecticutJohn Moore/Getty ImagesA tractor clears snow on Main Street in Bellport, New YorkAndrew Theodorakis/Getty ImagesA woman walks through the snow toward the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Centre subway station in the Brooklyn borough of New York CityDrew Angerer/Getty ImagesA woman struggles with bags as she walks through the empty streets of Boston, MassachusettsSpencer Platt/Getty imagesA snowplough makes it way down Nantasket Avenue in Hull, Massachusetts, in white-out conditionsScott Eisen/Getty ImagesA seagull takes flight in high winds and blowing snow as a massive winter storm begins to bear down on Hull, MassachusettsScott Eisen/Getty ImagesA man makes his way through the snow during a winter storm in New YorkJewel Samad/AFPLong Island Rail Road train arrives in Patchogue, New York, during a blizzardAndrew Theodorakis/Getty ImagesPeople wait at the Long Island Rail Road station in Patchogue, New York as a blizzard hits the northeastern United StatesAndrew Theodorakis/Getty ImagesPeople walk down Main Street in Stony Brook, New YorkAndrew Theodorakis/Getty ImagesWind blows snow and sand at the shoreline in Atlantic City, New JerseyMark Makela/Getty ImagesPeople make their way across a freshly ploughed street in New YorkJewel Samad/AFpCars try to make their way down Interstate 95 near Greenwich, ConnecticutTimothy A Clary/AFPA snowman stands in front of a house in Savannah, GeorgiaJoe Raedle/Getty ImagesA snowman is seen in Savannah, GeorgiaJoe Raedle/Getty Images
When a storm's barometric pressure drops by 24 millibars in 24 hours, it undergoes what forecasters call "bombogenesis", turning it into a a "bomb cyclone" and greatly strengthening it. This storm looks like it will intensify twice that rate, Bob Oravec, lead forecaster at the US National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Centre, told AP.
The effect is seen in the northeastern US every winter, but this storm will be particularly powerful, Judah Cohen, a visiting scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "This one is unique in how quickly the pressure is going to fall," Cohen told Reuters. "The pressures could rival a Category 1 or Category 2 hurricane."
US National Weather Service Meteorologist Dan Peterson said the storm will be followed by a wave of bracing cold. "We think there are going to be scattered records broken for low temperatures," Peterson told AP, adding that the weather service expects 28 major cities across New England, eastern New York and the mid-Atlantic states will have record low temperatures by dawn on Sunday (7 January).
At least 17 deaths have been blamed on dangerously cold temperatures that have gripped wide swathes of the US from Texas to New England.
