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re: Fun fact: No hurricane has ever crossed the equator

Posted on 3/21/24 at 8:13 am to
Posted by Tree_Fall
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Posted on 3/21/24 at 8:13 am to
The figure is typical of what you see in textbooks trying to avoid the math by only considering movement N-S. Objects in motion also experience Coriolis when moving E-W... or any other angle.

It is all about conservation of angular momentum. It happens but is a weak force. Don't worry about it.
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