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Why Do You Think Most of the Hurricane Storm Tracks

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Why do you think most of the hurricane storm tracks on the figure below curve to the right? Why do you think most of the hurricane storm tracks on the figure below curve to the right? A) The advance portions of the huge hurricane air mass begins to encounter either the Rocky Mountains (and is deflected north) or the Appalachians (and is deflected northeastward) . B) Hurricanes are routed to the ocean currents/flow of the underlying North Atlantic Gyre. C) The Coriolis effect deflects them to the right because this is in the northern hemisphere. D) They don't really curve right; it looks that way only because of map distortion.


A) The advance portions of the huge hurricane air mass begins to encounter either the Rocky Mountains (and is deflected north) or the Appalachians (and is deflected northeastward) .
B) Hurricanes are routed to the ocean currents/flow of the underlying North Atlantic Gyre.
C) The Coriolis effect deflects them to the right because this is in the northern hemisphere.
D) They don't really curve right; it looks that way only because of map distortion.

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