Rapid Motion and Expanding Size of Hurricanes
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Rapid Motion and Expanding Size of Hurricanes
How come hurricanes get larger and move faster when they go past the Carolinas? I notice this a lot with hurricanes heading towards the New York area and New England.
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wxmann_91 wrote:As one gets toward that latitude, the influence from midlatitude systems become stronger. These midlatitude cyclones often contain strong jet stream winds which steer the storms faster, and also shear the storms so that the size of the storm increases.
Interesting. It's rather weird because hurricanes usually have lower pressure than those midlatitude cyclones. The midlatitude cyclones are larger than hurricanes.
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