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Ever wonder why the right side, forward quadrant of a hurricane has the
strongest winds?

It's because the forward speed that the hurricane is moving is added to
the circulating wind speed around the eyewall of the hurricane (when
they are in the same direction.)

So, "Nate", with a circulating wind speed of 90 mph but traveling
forward at a very fast 24 mph means the winds in the forward right
quadrant can reach 114 mph. In the left side the forward speed
subtracts from the circulating wind speed, so it's more like 66 mph or so.

On Sat, 7 Oct 2017 16:19:50 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

Ever wonder why the right side, forward quadrant of a hurricane has the
strongest winds?

It's because the forward speed that the hurricane is moving is added to
the circulating wind speed around the eyewall of the hurricane (when
they are in the same direction.)

So, "Nate", with a circulating wind speed of 90 mph but traveling
forward at a very fast 24 mph means the winds in the forward right
quadrant can reach 114 mph. In the left side the forward speed
subtracts from the circulating wind speed, so it's more like 66 mph or so.


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Yes, an especially important consideration for anyone caught at sea
and trying to determine an escape route. Of course south of the
equator everything is reversed.

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