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The central pressure of the hurricane measures how strong the hurricane is. The lower the pressure is in the center of the hurricane, the higher the winds. If the pressure is very low, it is a very strong hurricane.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y ago"in" stands for inches, short for inches of Mercury.
This has to do with how early barometers were made; they consisted of a vacuum tube resting in a tub of mercury. The further the mercury went up to the tube, the higher the pressure.
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∙ 6y agoA hurricane has low pressure at its center. The exact pressure will vary from between hurricanes and even throughout the existence of a single storm, with stronger storms having lower pressures. Pressure is usually less than 995 millibars (compared with normal sea-level pressure of 1013 millibars), and may drop below 900 millibars in extremely intense storms. The lowest pressure on record for such a storm is 870 millibars, recorded during Typhoon Tip in 1979; a typhoon is a hurricane in the western Pacific Ocean.
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∙ 14y agoThe central pressure of a hurricane may be described using inches of water, millimeters of mercury or other units of pressure commonly used to describe atmospheric pressure
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∙ 13y agoThe millibar.
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Does air pressure increase or decrease towards the center of the hurricane?
Air pressure decreases at the center (eye) of a hurricane
Any storm with low pressure at its center and spinning winds?
Hurricane
What causes a hurricane to spin?
A hurricane's spin is a result of a the Coriolis effect. a consequence of the earth's spin. The low pressure in a hurricane draws air toward the center of a hurricane, however, as a result of earth's spin wind currents in the northern hemisphere get deflected to the right, this actually reduces the change in velocity further away from the center of lowest pressure. As a consequence, this gives the storm a counterclockwise spin. The effect is reversed in the southern hemisphere.
Where is the eye of a hurricane?
The eye of a hurricane is at the center of the storm's rotation.
How does low pressure affect hurricanes?
A hurricane is an intense low pressure system. The lower the pressure, the stronger the hurricane.
Does air pressure increase or decrease towards the center of the hurricane?
Air pressure decreases at the center (eye) of a hurricane
What side is the low pressure of a hurricane?
The whole hurricane is a low pressure system. Pressure is lowest at the center of the storm.
The center of a hurricane is characterized by very low what?
A hurricane has very low barometric pressure.
The eye of a hurricane is a center of what pressure?
The pressure in the eye of a hurricane is very low, among the lowest sea-level pressures on earth.
What is in the center of the hurricane there is a very low?
atmospheric pressure.
Does air pressure increase as you go towards the center of a hurricane?
No. Air pressure decreases.
What is the relatively calm low-pressure core at the center of a hurricane called?
This structure is called they eye of the hurricane.
What is hurricane pressure?
The barometric pressure of the air at the center, or eye, of the hurricane. Some of the lowest barometric pressures ever recorded have occured in the eyes of hurricanes. The lowest barometric pressure ever recorded on earth was recorded at the center of the "Labor Day Hurricane" of 1935 which struck the Florida Keys.
What is a large swirling front with very low pressure at the center?
(a hurricane)( :
How is the center of a tornado similar to the center of a hurricane?
The barometric pressure at a tornado is very low, just like in a hurricane. It is also believed that many tornadoes have a relatively calm center where ari descends. This is similar to the eye of a hurricane.
What is an area of lower pressure winds that spiral toward the center called?
air pressure!
Why do winds spiral towards the center of the hurricane?
Winds move toward the center of a hurricane because of the low pressure generated by the upward motion of the air inside it.
