▲ 143 ▼ Hurricanes do not cross the equator. (mander.xyz) submitted 1 year ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/earthscience@mander.xyz 14 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://www.newsweek.com/hurricane-crossing-equator-weather-physics-1790522
[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 33 points 1 year ago (1 child) Of course. That's where the Calm Belt is. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] guy@piefed.social 11 points 1 year ago (1 child) Damn never thought of that permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 1 year ago (1 child) The calm belt might be based on real life horse latitudes where the wind barely blows: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_latitudes permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) Horse latitudes are where the tropics meet the mid-latitudes. The intertropical convergence zone is the one at the equator. The difference is that the ITZ is often rainy because of the rising warm moist air, while the horse latitudes are often sunny because of the falling cool dry air. You'll get becalmed and have to eat your horses in both places, though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] guy@piefed.social 11 points 1 year ago (1 child) Damn never thought of that permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 1 year ago (1 child) The calm belt might be based on real life horse latitudes where the wind barely blows: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_latitudes permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) Horse latitudes are where the tropics meet the mid-latitudes. The intertropical convergence zone is the one at the equator. The difference is that the ITZ is often rainy because of the rising warm moist air, while the horse latitudes are often sunny because of the falling cool dry air. You'll get becalmed and have to eat your horses in both places, though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 1 year ago (1 child) The calm belt might be based on real life horse latitudes where the wind barely blows: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_latitudes permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) Horse latitudes are where the tropics meet the mid-latitudes. The intertropical convergence zone is the one at the equator. The difference is that the ITZ is often rainy because of the rising warm moist air, while the horse latitudes are often sunny because of the falling cool dry air. You'll get becalmed and have to eat your horses in both places, though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] grue@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) Horse latitudes are where the tropics meet the mid-latitudes. The intertropical convergence zone is the one at the equator. The difference is that the ITZ is often rainy because of the rising warm moist air, while the horse latitudes are often sunny because of the falling cool dry air. You'll get becalmed and have to eat your horses in both places, though. permalink fedilink source parent
