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📘 How a hurricane gains strength

Follow warm water, evaporation, condensation, pressure, rotation, and ocean mixing through a hurricane life cycle.

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~20 min

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Adults

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What you’ll learn

Warm ocean
Evaporation
Pressure gradient
Coriolis effect
Eye and eyewall
Upper outflow
Wind shear
Ocean heat content
Rapid intensification
Moisture feedback
Surface friction
Storm surge
Rainfall
Landfall
Forecasting
A coupled engine

Questions this course answers

What is a hurricane's primary energy source?

Evaporation from warm water supplies moisture and latent heat.

Why does condensation strengthen the storm?

Condensation releases energy that supports lower pressure and convection.

What does wind shear do to a hurricane?

Strong shear separates the circulation from its sustaining thunderstorms.

Why can deep warm water support intensification?

Greater upper-ocean heat content resists storm-induced cooling.

Why is storm surge dangerous?

Broad water-level rise depends on wind, pressure, coast shape, tide, and shelf.

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