By Jason Hanna and Aya Elamroussi, CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/11/weather/winter-storm-bomb-cyclone-friday/index.html

Updated 3:35 PM ET, Fri March 11, 2022

Another round of severe storms in the South and Northeast snow for the weekend01:34

(CNN)Awinter stormpassing through the central US is expected to become a more powerfulbomb cyclone, threatening parts of the East with heavy snow and strong windsthat could causedangerous travel conditions Friday night into Saturday.

Elsewhere,severe thunderstormsare possible from the central Gulf Coast into Georgia, the Florida Panhandle and the Carolinas from Friday night into Saturday.

As for the blustery snow Friday night and Saturday: The storm is expected to strengthen into abomb cycloneby Saturday and bring damaging winds and heavy snow, especially to parts of the interior Northeast.

A bomb cyclone forms when a storm decreases in pressure by 24 millibars (a measurement of pressure) in under 24 hours.