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NoNukes
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Message 50 of 53 (819632)
09-13-2017 4:21 PM
Reply to: Message 49 by Aussie
09-13-2017 10:51 AM


Re: Hurricane Size Comparison
Coriolis effect doesn't care where you START, it only cares where you CURRENTLY are.
Yes, but the Coriolis effect is important during the birth of the storm. Beyond that, the implication of your statement is that cyclones and hurricanes reverse direction as they cross the equator. I don't believe that is the case.

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Message 52 of 53 (820061)
09-16-2017 9:46 AM
Reply to: Message 51 by Aussie
09-14-2017 10:57 AM


Re: Hurricane Size Comparison
Hey NoNukes, This is correct but also incomplete. Coriolis is important during the formation of any any pressure system, High or Low, but together with other factors (Pressure Gradient Force, speed of rotation of the planet, rate of movement of the air mass, etc. remains a dominant effective force throughout the entirety of the system's life cycle.
I agree with you. But I am suggesting that the place of origin does have a lot to do with the direction in which the storms spin. I wasn't trying to address anything else.

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846)
I was thinking as long as I have my hands up they’re not going to shoot me. This is what I’m thinking they’re not going to shoot me. Wow, was I wrong. -- Charles Kinsey
We got a thousand points of light for the homeless man. We've got a kinder, gentler, machine gun hand. Neil Young, Rockin' in the Free World.
Worrying about the "browning of America" is not racism. -- Faith
I hate you all, you hate me -- Faith

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