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When looking at these radar systems, I always notice there are hurricane like spirals south near Antarctica. Does anyone know if those are actually as powerful
by mxcrossb 7y ago
When looking at these radar systems, I always notice there are hurricane like spirals south near Antarctica. Does anyone know if those are actually as powerful as hurricanes, and do they make landfall?
- dmckeon 7y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Ocean#Climate https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Ocean#Climate > Cyclonic storms travel eastward around the continent and frequently become intense because of the temperature contrast between ice and open ocean. The ocean-area from about latitude 40 south to the Antarctic Circle has the strongest average winds found anywhere on Earth.
- dredmorbius 7y agoThose are temperate cyclonic storms. And yes, for whatever the reasons, they're strongly evident in the Antartic region. In the Northern Hemisphere, the "nor'easter" is a classic variant. So called as the weather (wind, rain, snow) tends to come from the nort-east due to cyclonic rotation.