Makes my head spin

Classical Mechanics Level 1

Is this cyclone located in the northern hemisphere or the southern hemisphere?

Southern hemisphere Northern hemisphere

2 solutions

Akshat Sharda
Jan 11, 2016

Fact: Cyclones in northern hemisphere go anti-clockwise and cyclones in southern hemisphere go clockwise.

What effect causes this phenomenon?

Jake Lai - 5 years, 5 months ago

Coriolis force.

Akshat Sharda - 5 years, 5 months ago

What's that well?

Vanya . - 5 years, 5 months ago

@Vanya . – Force or effect caused by the earth's rotation is called Corolla Effect.

Mishal Sheik - 5 years, 5 months ago

Its in 9th class geography book in NCERT

Chirayu Bhardwaj - 5 years, 4 months ago

Gah! Eye-hand coordination. I knew this. <hrmmmph!> :-/

Jeff Carter - 5 years, 5 months ago

How are we supposed to know that is going clockwise or anticlockwise??

Pranjal Taneja - 5 years, 5 months ago

By looking at the tails of cyclone.

Akshat Sharda - 5 years, 5 months ago

Ah! Never thought of this............nice man!

sakshi rathore - 5 years, 5 months ago

What makes you think that it is going anti clockwise.This is just a photo,it could be rotating in any direction.

Akhil Garg - 5 years, 5 months ago

Looking at the tails of the cyclone, it can be concluded that it is rotating counterclockwise.

Jake Lai - 5 years, 5 months ago

Ash TheTornado
Jan 12, 2016

I just put two and two together, as it looks much like snow, and the Northern Hemisphere being the colder hemisphere

What happens when it starts in the southern hemisphere and then crosses the equator?

Sean Pike - 5 years, 4 months ago

This has a great explanation.

Jake Lai - 5 years, 4 months ago