A rapidly intensifying storm will threaten some hazardous conditions across B.C. through the first half of the week. The forthcoming bomb cyclone has some similarities with the historic low that hit the Pacific Northwest in October 2021.

Unlike the hailstorm, however, Environment Canada has observed the potent weather system moving south from the Gulf of Alaska since last week. The bomb cyclone - also called rapid cyclogenesis - occurs when a mid-latitude, low-pressure system drops over 24 millibars in 24 hours.