A powerful winter storm brewing near the Pacific Northwest known as a bomb cyclone is dragging an atmospheric river.

Severe weather is set to hit opposite ends of the country this week, with a powerful low pressure system — followed by an atmospheric river — set to bring damaging winds, up to 12 inches of rain and some heavy snow to the Pacific Northwest,

Northern California and the Pacific Northwest are bracing for what is expected to be the strongest storm of the season so far.

A bomb cyclone fueled by an atmospheric river will swing by the Pacific Northwest this week, bringing heavy rain and snow to the region between Tuesday night and Friday morning.

A powerful storm is bearing down on the West Coast and bringing with it a scary-sounding weather term - bomb cyclone. Bomb cyclone is a term used by weather enthusiasts to describe a process that meteorologists usually call bombogenesis.

A record-strong low pressure system will steer an atmospheric river into California, create blizzard conditions in Washington, and bring strong, damaging winds.

A massive plume of moisture from the Pacific called an atmospheric river will hit the West Coast on Tuesday afternoon and last into Friday.

Over a month’s worth of rain, hurricane-force wind gusts and feet of mountain snow are coming to parts of the Pacific Northwest and Northern California.

An atmospheric river and bomb cyclone are what make this storm so powerful — but what do those terms mean? What is an atmospheric river? Atmospheric rivers are no strangers to the western U.S., especially during the fall and winter months.