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No hurricane has ever crossed the equator (i.redd.it)
submitted 2 years ago by Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz
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[-] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 51 points 2 years ago

Apparently,

Because of things like Coriolis effect and convective currents, there just aren’t winds that blow across the equator, not at the scale that would blow a hurricane from one hemisphere to the other anyway.

Winds tend to blow along and away from the equator, not across it.

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

It's the same (but even more dramatic) with Jupiter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHwkdcppsuo

this post was submitted on 20 Sep 2023
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