1. Hurricane formation

2. Hurricanes

3. Hurricane Formation http://www.enterprisemissi on.com/hurricane2.htm

4. Physical processes Air converges (tries) to the low pressure areas. Due to Coriolis force it gets anti-clockwise rotation (in he northern hemisphere). As air moves to the center of the hurricane it increases the tangential velocity (to conserve angular momentum): As “r” decreases v  increases. If air could reach the center (r=0) the tangential velocity would become infinity. Diffusion makes that impossible and thus vertical movement occurs some distance away from the hurricane eye.

5. On the troposphere a outwards flow is generated

6. But at the troposphere isobaths decrease level, generating