The naked truth about hurricans
WHAT A HURRICANE DOES BEYOND THE NAKED EYE! "Hurricane" is a circulating storm –- or cyclone – in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific oceans; in the western Pacific these kinds of storms are referred to as typhoons. Most Atlantic hurricanes are born in the southern Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Africa, in the months of June through November each year. Hurricanes are very complex in the way they form and are very dangerous in many different ways. The beginning of a hurricane starts out as a tropical depression, or a weak low pressure area begins to form in the prevailing winds moving off the coast of Africa. The low-pressure air pulls air then inward and the earth’s rotation deflects the winds to the right, causing the storm to rotate counterclockwise. Then surface wind accelerates causing winds to pick up speed with the contact of warm water. High winds going through inward bands cause thunderstorms and the increase of evaporation. The storm then begins to feed on itself, using the evaporated warm water as additional thunderstorm bands causing more rain. Hurricanes intensify over oceanic regions. They require sea-surface temperatures of Paukune II at least 26°C (80°F). As the storm moves along the ocean surface, it becomes a complex, tight mass of wind and rain.