CARL AZUZ, CNN 10 ANCHOR: A bomb cyclone has just dropped on the U. S. heartland. What that is and what it does is our first topic this Thursday on CNN 10.
I`m Carl Azuz.
Thank you for watching.
In the capital of Colorado, the mile high city of Denver, Tuesday`s high temperature was nearly 60 degrees Fahrenheit.
Twenty-four hours later, it was freezing and snowing.
This is the result of bombogenesis, what`s also called a bomb cyclone.
It happens when there`s a rapid drop in atmospheric pressure that causes the storm to become very intense very quickly.
How intense?
Central and Northern U. S. states that lie in the Rocky Mountains and east of them were bracing for winds that could reach 70 miles per hour.
That`s nearly the speed of a category one hurricane.
