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There is no set speed at which a hurricane can move. Hurricanes can reach speeds as high as 150 miles per hour or more.
Karelle Grady
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∙ 12y agoWiki User
∙ 13y agoit depends on the type of storm. But they are usually moved by the winds of their latitude (trade winds, prevailing westerlies, or polar easterlies).
They can also be steered by large scale weather systems.
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∙ 11y agoBecause hurricanes are low pressure systems they draw air inward. Since the term hurricane applies to a tropical cyclone int he northern hemisphere, the Coriolis force deflects the in-flowing air to the right, causing the storm to spin counterclockwise. Similar storms in the Southern Hemisphere spin clockwise.
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∙ 11y agoEast to west, generally, though there are exceptions.
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∙ 13y agoThere is not given direction, though many hurricanes at least start off traveling westward.
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∙ 16y agoeast to west
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What global winds affect hurricanes movement?
Mostly the Trade winds because hurricanes form and spend much of their life in the tropics. Some of them then move to the mid-latitudes, where they are affected by the Westerlies.
Which has higher wind speed hurricanes or tornadoes?
There is actually a good deal of overlap. The winds of most hurricanes and tornadoes and hurricanes fall into the same range. However, the strongest tornadoes have faster winds than the strongest hurricanes.
What type of pressure system are hurricanes and how do the winds move around hurricanes?
Hurricanes are low pressure systems as are all storm systems. In a hurricane the low pressure draws air inward. The Coriolis effect, a consequence of earth's spin gives the air its own spin. Since the term hurricane applies to a tropical cyclone in the northern hemisphere the rotation will be counterclockwise.
How is wind speed a part of hurricanes?
Hurricanes produce strong winds. In fact, to be considered a hurricane a tropical cyclone must have winds of 74 mph or greater.
How fast does a level 5 hurricane travel?
The categorization of hurricanes is not based on how fast they travel, but on how fast the sustained winds within a hurricane move at their fastest. A category 5 hurricane has winds of 156 mph or greater.
What global winds affect hurricanes movement?
Mostly the Trade winds because hurricanes form and spend much of their life in the tropics. Some of them then move to the mid-latitudes, where they are affected by the Westerlies.
Why did hurricane Andrew move west?
Like many hurricanes, Hurricane Andrew was carried west by the trade winds, which blow toward the west. The trade winds are the main winds of the tropics.
Which type of winds are important?
Heavy winds like hurricanes, tornadoes, and tropical winds
Why do hurricanes have movement?
Because of their winds.
Hurricanes produce sustained winds of at least?
Hurricanes produce sustained winds of at least 74 mph (119 km/h).
How fast do hurricanes turn?
Sustained winds in a hurricane are at least 74 mph. Some hurricanes have had winds as high as 190 mph.
Which has higher wind speed hurricanes or tornadoes?
There is actually a good deal of overlap. The winds of most hurricanes and tornadoes and hurricanes fall into the same range. However, the strongest tornadoes have faster winds than the strongest hurricanes.
What type of winds blow hurricanes across the Atlantic ocean?
Trade Winds.
How fast are hurricanes winds?
75-200mph
How do hurricanes impact a community?
The way that hurricanes impact a community, is by the the speed and the strong winds
What about hurricanes and tornadoes is true Hurricanes cover a larger area than tornadoes Hurricanes can kill people but tornadoes cannot Hurricanes have strong winds?
The statements "Hurricanes cover a larger area than tornadoes" and "Hurricanes have strong winds" are both true. Tornadoes most certainly can kill people.
What type of pressure system are hurricanes and how do the winds move around hurricanes?
Hurricanes are low pressure systems as are all storm systems. In a hurricane the low pressure draws air inward. The Coriolis effect, a consequence of earth's spin gives the air its own spin. Since the term hurricane applies to a tropical cyclone in the northern hemisphere the rotation will be counterclockwise.
