Our FOX 13 Weather Team is tracking a powerful storm system that will intensify rapidly in the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday. Meteorologist Abby Acone explains what a "bomb cyclone" means.

Bomb cyclone is a term given to a rapidly strengthening storm that fulfills one important criterion. Generally, pressure must drop 24 millibars (a unit of pressure) within 24 hours.

A bomb cyclone is developing in the Pacific Ocean and is expected to impact the Washington coast on Tuesday. FOX 13 Meteorologist Abby Acone joins us to explain what a bomb cyclone is, and how it will impact people living in western Washington.