Do the rotations of hurricanes/typhoons differ, in the Northern Hemisphere, from the Southern Hemisphere?

Question

Does the polarity, or any properties of the magnetic fields surrounding the earth, influence the cyclical direction, such as clockwise or counterclockwise, of typhoons or hurricances? If the rotations are different, why?

Answer 1

The shape and direction of the twist is given by Coriolis effect, which says since everything is falling to the center of earth, and it is spinning, there developes a curve, just like the one you see on your toilet, as opposite of the one you'd see in other toilet in southern hemisphere (if you are in the northern one)

Answer 2

Yes - if the Coriolis force were not important in hurricanes/typhoons, there would be no preferable direction they would spin. Because it is, they as most other Lows spin counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.

For toilets, sinks, etc. it is different though. The most important things are which direction water is forced to begin with (if it is) and the configuration of the bowl/tub. For that, the scale is much too small for the Coriolis force to be significant. Seen it go down clockwise plenty of times in the Northern Hemisphere.

Answer 3

yes the north does not get typhoons nor any part of the USA, as far as hurricanes the northern hemisphere rarely gets those because were closer to Canada our water doesn't get that hot

Answer 4

yes