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When an area of low pressure is created with strong winds that spiral towards the center, a tropical cyclone is being formed. The spiral arrangement of thunderstorms produces heavy rain.
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∙ 7y agoA hurricane (called a Cyclone if in the South Pacific Ocean or a typhoon if in the North Pacific) is an area of low pressure and winds that spiral toward the center
Hurricane.
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∙ 14y agoAnticyclone
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∙ 11y agoCyclone!
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Winds spiral out from areas of?
High pressure areas
Local winds always blow from?
higher pressure to lower pressure
How are winds affected by areas of high pressure?
In zones where air ascends, the air is less dense than its surroundings and this creates a center of low pressure. Winds blow from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure, and so the surface winds would tend to blow toward a low pressure center. In zones where air descends back to the surface, the air is more dense than its surroundings and this creates a center of high atmospheric pressure. Since winds blow from areas ofhigh pressureto areas oflow pressure, winds spiral outward away from the high pressure. The Coriolis Effect deflects air toward the right in the northern hemisphere and creates a general clockwise rotation around the high pressure center. In the southern hemisphere the effect is just the opposite, and winds circulate in a counterclockwise rotation about the high pressure center. Such winds circulating around a high pressure center are calledanticyclonic windsand around a low pressure area they are calledcyclonic winds.
In the Southern Hemisphere winds associated with a low-pressure system blow?
Counter clockwise outward from the center
Wind moves from areas of high temp to low temp?
Winds actually move from areas with higher pressure levels to areas with lower pressure levels, horizontally. Winds actually move from areas with higher pressure levels to areas with lower pressure levels, horizontally.
What is an area of high air pressure with winds that spiral outward?
anticlones
Area of higher pressure with winds that spiral?
Anticyclone
Winds spiral out from areas of?
High pressure areas
In the Southern Hemisphere winds associated with a pressure system blow?
Counter clockwise outward from the center
Local winds always blow from?
higher pressure to lower pressure
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.
How are winds affected by areas of high pressure?
In zones where air ascends, the air is less dense than its surroundings and this creates a center of low pressure. Winds blow from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure, and so the surface winds would tend to blow toward a low pressure center. In zones where air descends back to the surface, the air is more dense than its surroundings and this creates a center of high atmospheric pressure. Since winds blow from areas ofhigh pressureto areas oflow pressure, winds spiral outward away from the high pressure. The Coriolis Effect deflects air toward the right in the northern hemisphere and creates a general clockwise rotation around the high pressure center. In the southern hemisphere the effect is just the opposite, and winds circulate in a counterclockwise rotation about the high pressure center. Such winds circulating around a high pressure center are calledanticyclonic windsand around a low pressure area they are calledcyclonic winds.
What is the opposite of cyclone?
The opposite of a cyclone is an anticyclone. A cyclone is a low-pressure system with inward spiraling winds, while an anticyclone is a high-pressure system with outward spiraling winds.
In northern hemisphere winds blow inward or outward?
outward
In the Southern Hemisphere winds associated with a low-pressure system blow .?
Counter clockwise outward from the center
What is pressure graident?
The difference in pressure over a given distance. The higher the pressure gradient, the stronger the winds.
