2007-09-08 14:54:20 · 5 answers · asked by chuchynn 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
How about that big, wet, swirly thing out in the ocean that's a hundred or so miles wide. That's usually a dead giveaway of a Hurricane. If you're looking for one hitting the beach, just find the beach that has driving rain, 50-60kts of wind and about a hundred news crews with idiot reporters screaming into microphones, saying "Its really windy here Bob, but we haven't seen the worst yet!". Usually that's a pretty good clue you might have a Hurricane.
2007-09-08 17:30:28 · answer #1 · answered by MSG 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the hurricane is beyond 400 Kms away,you can spot with the help of a satellite picture;a huge spiral shaped cloud mass with an eye at the centre will be seen.
If it comes within 400 Kms,you can spot with a radar picture(above 400 Kms ,radar can not detect it clearly, as earth's curvature affects the radar rays)where you can see the spiral pattern and the eye also.If it is approaching you,strong winds in one direction with rain will occur.This will be followed by a calm wind with cloudless sky indicating that the eye of the hurricane is over you.This will again be followed by strong winds in the opposite dirction with rain .Now it would have crossed you.By experiencing these weather conditions ,you can personally spot it.
In the surface weather chart,if you get weather data from the ships from different directions of the hurricane, you can locate it to some extent.
2007-09-09 10:09:04 · answer #2 · answered by Arasan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't really *spot* a hurricane--unless you have satellites in orbit doing the spotting for you.
From the ground, all you have to do is look at the skies and see just how yellow they are--with chunks of black clouds dancing about.
Everything becomes still, hot, and heavy.
Afterwards, the skies get slate-gray and the wind starts to pick up. Soon the skies get *black*, and the rain starts to fall in sheets.
2007-09-09 01:32:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
to have a hurricane you need rotation and a eye 'an area with no cloud cover in the middle of a tropical low
2007-09-08 22:32:39 · answer #4 · answered by rumanychale 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
any bit if rotation in an organized manner over heated waters (salt water) means the possibility of a growing hurricane. if that area happens to have a drop in pressure (29.92 inches orf mercury is average sea-level pressure) then you have a low-pressure system. just make sure it is rotating counter-clockwise!
2007-09-08 21:59:21 · answer #5 · answered by mit 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋