In the northern hemisphere, how do the winds of a hurricane rotate? In a clockwise direction In a counterclockwise direction Clockwise in the spring and Counterclockwise in the fall It depends on the direction that the eye of the hurricane is moving.

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Rhett Irwin

4 September, 21:09

In the northern hemisphere, how do the winds of a hurricane rotate? In a clockwise direction In a counterclockwise direction Clockwise in the spring and Counterclockwise in the fall It depends on the direction that the eye of the hurricane is moving.

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Sydney Pierce · Answer 1

The huge storms known variously in different parts of the world

as cyclones, monsoons, typhoons, and hurricanes, are intense

low-pressure systems.

In the northern hemisphere, the winds surrounding low-pressure

systems rotate in the counterclockwise / westward / leftward direction.