▲ 290 ▼ No hurricane has ever crossed the equator (i.redd.it) submitted 2 years ago by Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz 32 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] StickBugged@lemm.ee 21 points 2 years ago (2 children) Does anyone know what the reason for this is? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de [S] 55 points 2 years ago (1 child) Apparently, Because of things like Coriolis effect and convective currents, there just aren’t winds that blow across the equator, not at the scale that would blow a hurricane from one hemisphere to the other anyway. Winds tend to blow along and away from the equator, not across it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] merc@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago It's the same (but even more dramatic) with Jupiter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHwkdcppsuo permalink fedilink source parent [–] BertusVulgaris@lemmy.world 48 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) The earth spins faster at the equator, which is the reason for the rotation of hurricanes. They spin counter clockwise north of the equator and clockwise south of it. https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/coriolis-effect/ Edit: The reason they don't cross is not because of the Coriolis effect working against the original rotation direction if a hurricane crosses the equator, but rather because the storms are moving away from the equator https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/ASK/hurricanes.html permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] goldenbug@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago Thank you for the links! I learned new things today. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de [S] 55 points 2 years ago (1 child) Apparently, Because of things like Coriolis effect and convective currents, there just aren’t winds that blow across the equator, not at the scale that would blow a hurricane from one hemisphere to the other anyway. Winds tend to blow along and away from the equator, not across it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] merc@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago It's the same (but even more dramatic) with Jupiter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHwkdcppsuo permalink fedilink source parent
[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago It's the same (but even more dramatic) with Jupiter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHwkdcppsuo permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BertusVulgaris@lemmy.world 48 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) The earth spins faster at the equator, which is the reason for the rotation of hurricanes. They spin counter clockwise north of the equator and clockwise south of it. https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/coriolis-effect/ Edit: The reason they don't cross is not because of the Coriolis effect working against the original rotation direction if a hurricane crosses the equator, but rather because the storms are moving away from the equator https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/ASK/hurricanes.html permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] goldenbug@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago Thank you for the links! I learned new things today. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] goldenbug@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago Thank you for the links! I learned new things today. permalink fedilink source parent