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It's all to do with atmospheric conditions, air temperature and ocean temperatures, as well as locality.
The first condition that needs to be present is a low pressure system.
Cyclones are caused by warm tropical moisture bearing clouds developing in open oceans or seas. Cyclones can only form over warm waters in the tropical regions of the oceans where the sea temperatures are 26.5 degrees Celsius or higher. They occur in areas of very low pressure when air that is heated by the sun rises rapidly, and becomes saturated with moisture which then condenses into high thunderclouds. As the atmosphere becomes favorable for development (no wind shearing in the higher parts of the atmosphere), normal thunderstorms clump together.
When the hot air rises, cooler air rushes in to fill the area left vacant by the hot air. The Coriolis effect of the Earth spinning on its axis causes the air to spiral upwards with considerable force. This in turn causes the winds to rotate faster, causing the tropical low to deepen in intensity into a tropical depression, and eventually a cyclone which is anywhere between hundreds of kilometres to thousands of kilometres wide.
Storms can change direction due to shifts in wind patterns at different altitudes, the interaction of different air masses, or the influence of other weather systems nearby. These factors can cause the storm to veer in a new direction as it moves across the atmosphere.
because of the rotation of the earth spinning.
Wow, the earth's spinning is rotating. Look up 'pleonasm'
Fronts are generally guided by winds aloft, but do not move as quickly. Cold fronts and occluded fronts in the Northern Hemisphere usually travel from the northwest to southeast, while warm fronts move more poleward with time. In the Northern Hemisphere a warm front moves from southwest to northeast. In the Southern Hemisphere, the reverse is true; a cold front usually moves from southwest to northeast, and a warm front moves from northwest to southeast. Movement is largely caused by the pressure gradient force (horizontal differences in atmospheric pressure) and the Coriolis effect, which is caused by Earth's spinning about its axis. Frontal zones can be slowed down by geographic features like mountains and large bodies of warm water.[2]
All large scale storms and storm systems are low pressure systems or are associated with low pressure. Air is pulled toward low pressure and away from high pressure, and so is pulled inward by such systems. However, as a consequence of earth's spin, air in large scale systems that aren't too near the equator gets deflected when a force is applied. this is called the Coriolis Effect. In the northern hemisphere air is deflected to the right of the direction of pull, causing low pressure to rotate counterclockwise. In the Southern Hemisphere it is deflected to the left, causing low pressure to rotate clockwise.
Rotating thunderstorms called supercells, which are the primary producers of tornadoes, get their rotation from vertical wind shear, or differences in wind speed and/or direction at different heights. This rotation then goes into any tornadoes spawned by the supercell. Non-supercell tornadoes may get their rotation from localized shear.
Atmospheric areas of low and high pressure exist naturally due to fluctuations in temperature and a rotating Earth. These differing areas of pressure result in a net force from the high pressure system to the low pressure system. This force pushes everything in front of it in the same direction. You may have heard of this effect, it's called wind. Wind moves storms.
Depends on the hemisphere... counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
The winds in a hurricane rotate around a center. The center of that rotation is in the eye. So when you go from one side of the eye to the other, you cross the center of rotation.
The Coriolis effect causes causes storms to spin clockwise or anti-clockwise depending on what hemisphere they are in
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Why would lightning storms change the direction of a ships compass needle?
Lightning can create a strong magnetic field when it strikes a ship, causing the ship's compass needle to temporarily change direction. The intense electromagnetic field generated by the lightning can interfere with the magnetic field that the compass relies on for navigation. Once the lightning subsides, the compass should return to its normal direction.
When you change direction are you accelerating true or false?
True. Acceleration is any change in velocity, including a change in direction. So when you change direction, you are indeed accelerating.
What a wind vain is used for?
A wind vane is used to indicate the direction of the wind. It has a pointer that aligns itself with the direction from which the wind is blowing. This information is useful for sailors, farmers, meteorologists, and anyone interested in knowing wind direction.
When an object turn's around or reverses direction in its motion what happens?
When an object changes direction in its motion, its velocity changes, and if the object is accelerating, its acceleration will also change direction. This change in direction is due to the application of a force in the opposite direction. The object's kinetic energy may also change as a result of this change in direction.
What causes a spaceshuttle to change in velocity by change in direction?
A change in velocity due to a change in direction in a space shuttle is caused by the application of thrust from its engines. By adjusting the direction of thrust, the shuttle can alter its velocity vector, changing its speed and/or direction of travel. This allows the shuttle to adjust its course, orbit, or perform maneuvers in space.
Which directions do storms usually blow?
In Australia, we usually get storms from the west or southwest direction. I dont know why, but it is very rare for them to come from any other direction, and if they do it is usually from the east or south east direction
Direction African storms take once they reach the Caribbean?
North.
What direction do spring storms come from in kansas?
They will generally com out of the southwest.
Why would lightning storms change the direction of a ships compass needle?
Lightning can create a strong magnetic field when it strikes a ship, causing the ship's compass needle to temporarily change direction. The intense electromagnetic field generated by the lightning can interfere with the magnetic field that the compass relies on for navigation. Once the lightning subsides, the compass should return to its normal direction.
How is beach erosion related to the climate?
AS climate changes it can cause more storms, higher water levels and a change in the dominant wind direction. All these can create an increase in beach erosion.
When you change direction are you accelerating true or false?
True. Acceleration is any change in velocity, including a change in direction. So when you change direction, you are indeed accelerating.
How can you make an asteroid change direction?
Asteroids dont change direction
What is to change direction?
acceleration in a direction that is not parallel to the direction you are moving
in which weather predicting method do scientist carefully look at a storms starting ,direction and speed?
Trends method
In which weather predicting method do scientists carefully look at a storms starting point direction and?
Trends method
Is the moon's acceleration expressed as a change in speed or a change in direction?
The moon's acceleration is expressed as a change in direction.
What is the rate of change for linear equations?
It is the gradient: the change in the vertical direction divided by the change in the horizontal direction.
