I'm assuming the colors signify temperature. The warm streak running up the Atlantic seaboard is the Gulf Steam. The colder water just sucks the power out of the tropical storms.
Another factor forcing the paths is the prevailing winds. In the temperate zones there's a west to east flow that pushes storms out to the Atlantic (rotation of the earth and such). In the tropical zones, that pattern is broken, allowing storms to zoom across the ocean.
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Another factor forcing the paths is the prevailing winds. In the temperate zones there's a west to east flow that pushes storms out to the Atlantic (rotation of the earth and such). In the tropical zones, that pattern is broken, allowing storms to zoom across the ocean.
- mark 11-09-2005 6:52 pm