Warm air rises. The warmer it is, the faster it rises. When it rises, air must rush in from around the area to fill the vacuum (low-pressure area). As warm air rises in a column, it warms the cool air above it, resulting in a higher column of warm air, accelerating the rising of the air below it. And so on and so on. Thus the center of the warm area would tend to rise the highest, and that's where the eye of the hurricane will be. Why it veers to one side or another is unknown by me. You would think it would tend to stay where the sea is warmest, but obviously it doesn't.
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Date: 2005-12-08 02:41 am (UTC)As warm air rises in a column, it warms the cool air above it, resulting in a higher column of warm air, accelerating the rising of the air below it. And so on and so on.
Thus the center of the warm area would tend to rise the highest, and that's where the eye of the hurricane will be. Why it veers to one side or another is unknown by me.
You would think it would tend to stay where the sea is warmest, but obviously it doesn't.