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Keith234
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Question about Hurricane Alex
      Tue Aug 24 2004 05:52 PM

How could Hurricane Alex devlop in an area that is above 5 degrees of the equator? The coriolis force is not nearly as strong at 30 degrees than at 5 degrees above the equator, right.
Also does the reason that Hurricane Alex formed in a area that was partially sub-tropical, explain the reason for it setting the record books as the strongest hurricane at the highest latitude? In another words is there a correlation between where a hurricane forms and how far north it can survive?

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Edited by Jason234 (Tue Aug 24 2004 06:20 PM)

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* Question about Hurricane Alex Keith234 Tue Aug 24 2004 05:52 PM
. * * Re: Question about Hurricane Alex LI Phil   Tue Aug 24 2004 06:01 PM
. * * Re: Question about Hurricane Alex Keith234   Tue Aug 24 2004 06:19 PM
. * * Re: Question about Hurricane Alex Clark   Tue Aug 24 2004 07:42 PM
. * * Re: Question about Hurricane Alex LI Phil   Tue Aug 24 2004 09:43 PM
. * * Re: Coriolis Ed DunhamAdministrator   Tue Aug 24 2004 10:11 PM
. * * Re: Coriolis Keith234   Wed Aug 25 2004 08:53 AM
. * * Re: Coriolis LI Phil   Wed Aug 25 2004 02:04 PM
. * * Geostrophic Winds Keith234   Wed Aug 25 2004 09:29 PM
. * * Re: Geostrophic Winds LI Phil   Wed Aug 25 2004 09:33 PM
. * * Re: Geostrophic Winds Clark   Wed Aug 25 2004 10:27 PM
. * * Re: Question about Hurricane Alex Keith234   Tue Aug 24 2004 09:55 PM
. * * Re: Question about Hurricane Alex Keith234   Tue Aug 24 2004 08:52 PM

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