Which direction do tropical cyclones turn?

Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones are all rotating storms that occur in the tropics. As a group, they can be referred to as tropical cyclones. Due to the Coriolis effect, these storms rotate counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.

Why anticyclone bring clear skies and sunshine?

Why? Because more air presses down around the earth's surface, rather than rising into the air, where it can cool and form clouds. This is why areas of high pressure (anticyclones) bring clear skies.

Why do tropical cyclones rotate in a counter-clockwise direction?

Because the converging winds spiral inward toward the central low pressure area, the winds rotate in a counterclockwise direction around the central low in the Northern Hemisphere (clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere).

How are cyclones formed in the Northern Hemisphere?

• A cyclone is simply an area of low pressure around which the wind flows counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere • Cyclones form and grow near the front • Cyclones (low pressure) are cloudy, wet, stormy Cyclones have converging air at surface that rises! COLD FRONTS

Where does the air sink in a tropical cyclone?

Air spirals in toward the center in a counterclockwise pattern in the Northern Hemisphere (clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere) and out of the top in the opposite direction. In the very center of the storm, the air sinks and forms an "eye" that is mostly cloudless.

What do you call a group of tropical cyclones?

As a group, they can be referred to as tropical cyclones. Due to the Coriolis effect, these storms rotate counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. Beyond that, what you call a particular tropical cyclone has everything to do with where it happens to occur: