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How and why you track hurricanes?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

How to Track a Hurricane:

To plot each location of the storm over time, do the following:

  1. Determine the latitude of the storm, the first coordinate in the pair, and locate it on the map (usually followed by an N or S). Latitude measures how far north or south a location is from the Equator (on a map, lines of latitude run east and west).
  2. Determine the longitude, the second coordinate in the pair (usually followed by a W or E), and locate it on the map. Longitude measures how far east or west a location is from the Prime Meridian (on a map, lines of longitude run north and south).
  3. Draw a (for a hurricane) or a (for a tropical storm) on the weather map.
  4. Repeat steps 1 to 3 using the next tracked location of the storm.

People track hurricanes to let us know ahead of time what we should do in advance - "Should you evacuate?"

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