Bomb cyclone off U.S. coast

Weather novices, hobbyists, and experts expressed similar sentiments Tuesday to the prospect of a so-called bomb cyclone forming off the eastern seaboard of the United States. And if you didn't think 2018 would see you wondering about, watching, and discussing millibars of pressure, that shows how little we can predict in life. But bombogenesis Nor'easters apparently happen most winters. What makes this storm potentially different is how far below that minimum bomb pressure level change it might drop.