They are tropical storms so why can’t they traverse the entirety of the tropics?
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Hurricanes spin due to the coriolis effect. That is a force that deflects east or west depending on if you’re heading towards or away from the axis of rotation.
Since the Earth is curved, when you head towards the equator, you are heading away from the Earth’s axis. Once you cross the equator, you starting getting closer to the axis again. This means that while you’re at the equator, you can’t experience the coroilis force, and that means the hurricane would stop spinning, causing it to break up.
You may notice that tropical storms from the southern hemisphere spin the opposite direction as a hurricane. In order to cross the equator, the storm would essentially need to entirely reverse its spin. That reversal process would cause the storm to break up.
>Why can’t hurricanes cross the equator?
As big and powerful as hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones are, there is something even more powerful: the [prevailing trade winds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_winds#/media/File:Earth_Global_Circulation_-_en.svg). Along the equator, the trade winds blow towards the equator. A tropical storm would have to travel upwind in order to cross from one hemisphere to another.
>Why can’t hurricanes cross the equator?
As big and powerful as hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones are, there is something even more powerful: the [prevailing trade winds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_winds#/media/File:Earth_Global_Circulation_-_en.svg). Along the equator, the trade winds blow towards the equator. A tropical storm would have to travel upwind in order to cross from one hemisphere to another.
>Why can’t hurricanes cross the equator?
As big and powerful as hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones are, there is something even more powerful: the [prevailing trade winds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_winds#/media/File:Earth_Global_Circulation_-_en.svg). Along the equator, the trade winds blow towards the equator. A tropical storm would have to travel upwind in order to cross from one hemisphere to another.
Hurricanes can cross the equator. V7476 was shipped from the United Kingdom to Australia in 1941, and South Africa also used Hurricanes.
Old fashioned cable-activated control surfaces aren’t susceptible to “fly by wire” bugs. There have been numerous reports that early versions of the control software for the F-16 (found in simulation and fixed before the first flight) would roll the plane through 180 degrees when crossing the equator. There may be planes that can’t cross the equator, but the Hurricane isn’t among them.
Hurricanes can cross the equator. V7476 was shipped from the United Kingdom to Australia in 1941, and South Africa also used Hurricanes.
Old fashioned cable-activated control surfaces aren’t susceptible to “fly by wire” bugs. There have been numerous reports that early versions of the control software for the F-16 (found in simulation and fixed before the first flight) would roll the plane through 180 degrees when crossing the equator. There may be planes that can’t cross the equator, but the Hurricane isn’t among them.
Hurricanes can cross the equator. V7476 was shipped from the United Kingdom to Australia in 1941, and South Africa also used Hurricanes.
Old fashioned cable-activated control surfaces aren’t susceptible to “fly by wire” bugs. There have been numerous reports that early versions of the control software for the F-16 (found in simulation and fixed before the first flight) would roll the plane through 180 degrees when crossing the equator. There may be planes that can’t cross the equator, but the Hurricane isn’t among them.
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