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Show Hurricane Course? What determines the course of a hurricane? Why does it suddenly change direction, or speed up its forward motion? UNFORTUNATELY, the answers to these questions are not yet known, although there are various theories about why hurricanes do what they do. What is known is that hurricanes always move to the north, and eventually, to the east, in this latitude. THEY TRAVEL slowly, but they sometimes pick up speed and travel as fast as thirty miles an hour. Often, though, they crawl at five miles per hour and seem to be pondering ponder-ing what direction to take. Whey they change direction suddenly is not finally established. es-tablished. However, they do follow the line of least resistance and if you are in a high pressure system when a hurricane nears your area it will probably proba-bly detour around you. A hurricane itself is a low pressure pres-sure area. FINALLY, do not take anyone's personal advice, these storms are unpredictable. |