“Getting that to cross the equator, where the Coriolis force is essentially zero, is kind of impossible because it means you ...

The Coriolis effect happens because of the Earth’s rotation. This force makes things travel in a curve rather than a straight line. In the northern hemisphere, things deflect to the right, and ...

As air is sucked into the low-pressure center of the storm, momentum builds; the vortex tightens, and wind speeds increase. The Coriolis effect shapes those winds into a spiral, creating a ...

Over the vast distances of these storms, the Coriolis effect pushes wind and rain counterclockwise in the North, and clockwise in the South—to equally deadly effect.

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Air moves from high pressure to low pressure, but not in a straight line. Due to the Coriolis Effect, wind is diverted to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left south of the equator.

The biggest effect on weather is with storms. Low pressure systems pull in air, and the Coriolis effect helps deflect the air to the left in the northern hemisphere, causing the low pressure system to ...

In the southern hemisphere, big storms rotate clockwise. The Coriolis effect is also what gives us our global wind patterns.

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