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Winds move toward the center of a hurricane because of the low pressure generated by the upward motion of the air inside it.
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What is an area of lower pressure winds that spiral toward the center called?
air pressure!
What is in the middle of a hurricane?
The eye of a hurricane is still because as something rotates inertia will tend to make it more out ins a straight line, the faster it rotates and the smaller the circle it rotates in, the stronger this tendency. In hurricane the winds speed up as the spiral inwards until they are moving too fast for the low pressure at the center to pull them in further.
What downgrades a hurricane?
With hurricane winds stretching 90 miles from the center and tropical storm force winds stretching 290, downgraded Irene is still proving its strength.
In the center of the hurricane does the air rise or sink?
In the center of the hurricane is the eye. That winds rise s up and when your in the eye, You don't get harmed. The eye is always calm.
How many miles from a hurricane's center are tropical storm force winds?
That is highly variable and is in fact a measure of the hurricane's size. The radius of tropical storm force winds in a hurricane can be less than 100 miles, to more than 600 miles.
Area of higher pressure with winds that spiral outward?
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.
What is an area of lower pressure winds that spiral toward the center called?
air pressure!
What happens in hurricane?
Hurricane is a violent tropical storm. In a hurricane winds spiral round very rapidly.
What is in the center of the hurricane?
The center of a hurricane is an area of calm winds called the eye of the hurricane.
Where do winds spiral toward the center of a cyclone?
the middle
Are the winds of the center of a hurricane the strongest?
No, the center, or eye, of a hurricane is actually calm. The strongest winds are in the area around it called the eye wall.
Are the winds at the center of a hurricane the strongest?
No, the center, or eye, of a hurricane is actually calm. The strongest winds are in the area around it called the eye wall.
What are the rings of precipitation within a hurricane?
A hurricane is divided into three rings. In the center is the eye, which is calm and has little or no precipitation. Around the eye is the eyewall, which has high winds and heavy precipitation. Beyond the eyeball, are more spiral bands of rain.
What are the wind speeds in the eye of the hurricanes?
On the contrairy, the eye is the calmest part of the hurricane. Normally the strongest part of the hurricane is the eye wall that is around the eye. The eye is the center of the entier low pressure system and the winds spiral toward it.
What is in the middle of a hurricane?
The eye of a hurricane is still because as something rotates inertia will tend to make it more out ins a straight line, the faster it rotates and the smaller the circle it rotates in, the stronger this tendency. In hurricane the winds speed up as the spiral inwards until they are moving too fast for the low pressure at the center to pull them in further.
What downgrades a hurricane?
With hurricane winds stretching 90 miles from the center and tropical storm force winds stretching 290, downgraded Irene is still proving its strength.
Any storm with low pressure at its center and spinning winds?
Hurricane
