The Law of Storms: The various phenomena by which their approach can be ascertained with certainty, and practical directions to mariners for the avoidance of their fury, compiled from various sourcesRoss, John
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The Law of Storms: The various phenomena by which their approach can be ascertained with certainty, and practical directions to mariners for the avoidance of their fury, compiled from various sources
Ross, John
Storms
In the Southern Hemisphere, if the vortex passes to the westward of the
place of observation, the rotation is S.E., N.W., S., with the sun.
If the vortex passes to the eastward of the place of observation, the
rotation is S.W., N.E., S., against the sun.
On Hurricanes or Cyclones.
Thus, in both Hemispheres, the passage of an equatorial whirlwind
storm on the west side of the place of observation produces normal
revolutions in accordance with the law of gyration; while, on the other
hand, its passage on the east side produces anomalous revolutions
contrary to the law of gyration. When the vortex of a whirlwind storm
passes over the place of observation, the vane may shift from one
direction to that immediately opposite to it.
Generally, if the whirlwind storm is an equatorial one in the Northern
Hemisphere, it progresses from S.E. to N.W. in the Torrid Zone; it
recurves at the outer edge of the N.E. trade wind, and thence moves
from S.W. to N.E. But in the Southern Hemisphere an equatorial storm
moves first from N.E. to S.W.; recurves at the outer edge of the S.E.
trade wind, and then advances from N.W. to S.E.—bearing in mind
the direction of the rotation of the wind in each hemisphere, viz:
against watch hands in the Northern, but with watch hands in the
Southern Hemisphere. Certain portions of the storms are characterized
by certain hurricane winds, and dividing the storm by diameters drawn
from the northern to the southern margin, and again from the eastern
to the western margin, we find that in the Northern Hemisphere, on the
northern margin, the wind will be easterly; on the eastern margin,
southerly; on the southern margin, westerly; and on the western margin,
northerly;—each portion of the cyclone possessing its appropriate wind.
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