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A vortex can spin either clockwise or counterclockwise.
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Do tornadoes spin counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere?
Yes. The vast majority of tornadoes in the northern hemisphere spin counterclockwise.
What is counterclockwise spin of a planet or moon called?
It is called retrograde rotation.
Does the moon rotate clockwise or counterclockwise?
The moon rotates counterclockwise just like Earth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Does neptune spin clockwise or counter clockwise?
Every planet in our solar system rotates counterclockwise except Venus and Uranus.
Do tornadoes always spin clockwise?
No. Most tornadoes in the northern hemisphere spin counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere. Most southern hemisphere tornadoes spin clockwise. There are also anticyclonic tornadoes, which spin in the opposite direction than is normal for their hemispheres. Only about .1% to 1% of tornadoes are anticyclonic.
Does a tornado spin counterclockwise?
The vast majority of tornadoes in the northern hemisphere spin counterclockwise. Most tornadoes in the southern hemisphere spin clockwise.
Do tornadoes spin counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere?
Yes. The vast majority of tornadoes in the northern hemisphere spin counterclockwise.
What direction does a typhoon spin?
Counterclockwise
Does Mercury spin counterclockwise?
yes, mercury does spin counter clockwise.
Which way do tornadoes turn in the northern hemisphere clockwise or counterclockwise?
Most of them spin counterclockwise
Which directrion did katriena spin?
Northern Hemisphere hurricanes always spin counterclockwise.
Why does a toilet spin counterclockwise when it flushes?
Gravity
Why water spins into the drainage?
Gravitational pull causes the vortex depending on which side of the planet your on which way the vortex will spin
What direction does the moon rotate in?
Counterclockwise. All objects in space spin counterclockwise except Venus because it is was to believed to be hit by a large object that changed its spin.
Which directions do tornadoes spin?
Tornadoes nearly always spin counterclockwise if they are in the northern hemisphere and clockwise if they are in the southern hemisphere.
Why water swirls?
because the vortex make the water spin
Do planets rotate clockwise or counterclockwise?
They spin clockwise
