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Winds in a hurricane, tropical storm, cyclone, any cyclonic storm in the northern hemisphere blow in a counterclockwise direction around the eye, the center of the storm. South of the equator they blow clockwise, all this due to the Coriolis Effect.

To find the eye of an approaching hurricane, when you are experiencing its winds, the eye will be 90 degrees to the right of the prevailing wind.

Whatever the case if you are out doors during the passing of a hurricane you will see the cloud bands in the sky as the storm approaches. So whatever way the cloud bands are going that is the way the wind is blowing (in the sky); no matter what hemisphere. With that being said; if the wind increases the storm is coming towards your location. If you ears begin to crackle and pop like your on an airplane that usually means the eye is approaching-passing over your location.

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Having observed the winds through hurricanes Francis and Jeanne, which hit about 60 miles North of me and Wilma, where the eye passed over my home and tropical storm Fay, I have learned that I can judge the relative position of the storm - at least the direction of it with respect to my location. My observations are that the prevailing winds blow towards the center of the storm. I watch which way the palm fronds are pointed and if the storm is close enough to see on weather radar, the palm fronds are always pointed towards the storm. Note that I said the prevailing winds. Gusts can come from many directions.

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