Why do the outside edges of hurricanes in the northern hemisphere appear to spin clockwise, counter to what the storm as a whole is rotating?

Question

I’m looking at the GOES-East for the Gulf of Mexico and I began to noctice something that intruiged me. The outter edges of the storm appear to flair outward clockwise. I understand the coriolis effect but that explains the rotation of a hurricane in the northern hemisphere as a whole. My question is, why do the edges and tops of the hurricane appear to spin clockwise, agaist the storm, as if the storm is under a high pressure? TIA!

In: Planetary Science

Answer 1

The equator is the farthest you can be from Earth’s axis of rotation. The poles being the closest. It takes more energy to spin something that’s farther from the axis. The half of the hurricane nearest the equator has more work to do, so it spins slower.