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low pressure rotates counter-clockwise in the northern hemisphere----and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
This is true for large areas of low pressure systems. Sometimes in rare cases, very small, microscale areas of low pressure (such as a tornado) can go the opposite way, but any low pressure that's more than a couple miles wide will most definitely follow the rules stated above. Even tornadoes typically follow the rule and it's a very uncommon event for them to rotate backwards.
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∙ 11y agoAny low pressure system that occurs in the northern hemisphere will spin counterclockwise. If it is organized enough it can be called a cyclone, but this also applies to southern hemisphere lows, which spin clockwise.
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∙ 11y agoThe Coriolis effect. This is due to the rotation of the Earth and the heating of the Earth by the Sun.
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∙ 12y agoThe ones in the northern hemisphere do. Cyclones in the southern hemisphere, mid-latitude and otherwise, spin clockwise.
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∙ 12y agoThe Coriolis Effect.
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∙ 12y agoCoriolis Force
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How do cyclones move?
Cyclones in the Southern hemisphere spin in a clockwise direction. Cyclones in the Northern hemisphere spin in a counterclockwise direction.
Do hurricanes spin?
Yes. Hurricanes spin counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern (where they are called cyclones). However, because the hurricanes are so large, a person on the ground would not notice the rotation.
In the southern hemisphere hurricanes rotate?
Hurricanes spin clockwise in the Southern hemisphere. Hurricanes in the Northern hemisphere spin counterclockwise. Hurricanes in the Southern hemisphere are called cyclones.
Why do typhoons spin clockwise and hurricanes spin counter-clock wise?
In general, it is Coriolis effect that initiates and maintains the rotation of a tropical cyclone. This phenomenon causes cyclones south of the equator to rotate clockwise, and those north of the equator to rotate anti-clockwise.
What direction does a typhoon spin?
Counterclockwise
Do cyclones spin opposite below the equator?
Yes. Cyclones in the northern hemisphere spin counterclockwise while those in the southern hemisphere spin clockwise.
Which way do cyclones and tornadoes blow in the northern hemisphere?
Cyclones spin counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere.
Do hurricanes typhoons and tropical cyclones all spin counterclockwise?
Only in the northern hemisphere. Those in the southern hemisphere spin clockwise.
What is the phenomenon that causes cyclones to spin counterclockwise north of the equator and clockwise south of the equator?
it just does... google it if ur curious
How do cyclones move?
Cyclones in the Southern hemisphere spin in a clockwise direction. Cyclones in the Northern hemisphere spin in a counterclockwise direction.
Does the wind blow the same direction in cyclones and hurricanes?
It depends. A hurricane is a kind of cyclone. Tropical cyclones are only called hurricanes in parts of the northern hemisphere. have winds that spin counterclockwise. However, in the southern hemisphere cyclone winds spin clockwise.
What way do cyclones move?
Cyclones (which are always low pressure weather systems) spin in a clockwise direction in the southern hemsiphere and anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere (as viewed from space). Anticyclone refers to a system rotating on the reverse direction so: anti-clockwise direction in the southern hemsiphere and clockwise in the northern hemisphere. The word typhoon is sometimes used to refer to a cyclone that forms in the Pacific northwest, and the word hurricane to a cyclone that forms in the Atlantic or east Pacific.
Do hurricanes spin?
Yes. Hurricanes spin counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern (where they are called cyclones). However, because the hurricanes are so large, a person on the ground would not notice the rotation.
Does vortex spin counterclockwise?
A vortex can spin either clockwise or counterclockwise.
In the southern hemisphere hurricanes rotate?
Hurricanes spin clockwise in the Southern hemisphere. Hurricanes in the Northern hemisphere spin counterclockwise. Hurricanes in the Southern hemisphere are called cyclones.
Does a hurricane go counter clockwise?
Hurricanes are in a class of storm called tropical cyclones. Such storms rotate counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern. In a strict sense, the term hurricane is only applied to tropical cyclones in parts of the northern hemisphere, so they do rotate counterclockwise.
Does a tornado spin counterclockwise?
The vast majority of tornadoes in the northern hemisphere spin counterclockwise. Most tornadoes in the southern hemisphere spin clockwise.
