A bomb cyclone will be dropped on the East Coast over the weekend — here's now to prepare

The “bomb cyclone” about to wallop the East Coast has been referred to as a bombogenesis by meteorologists — leaving many scratching their heads. It’s also left Americans still digging themselves out of a foot or more of snowfall from last weekend’s Winter Storm Fern, worrying about being buried by another few inches.

Hot on the heels of a deadly major winter storm that dumped significant snow across areas in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, a nor'easter is forecast to bomb off of the East Coast as areas inundated by winter weather dig out from last weekend's historic storm.

Deep penetration of cold temperatures and a coastal storm will bring bomb cyclone and polar vortex into your newsfeeds. Here's why.

A life-threatening bomb cyclone is barreling towards the Northeast — threatening to slam New York City with even more snow and a record-breaking stretch of subfreezing temperatures. The powerful storm is expected to swirl into the city Saturday night or early Sunday, dumping up to 3 inches of snow in the already-buried Big Apple .