| Bloodstar |
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| Sat Jul 23 2005 04:36 PM |
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Re: Attack of the trolls...
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No Keith, this is a stupid question (albeit one that has been bothering me)...
when a cyclone "loops" do the quadrants swap, so to speak? Otherwise, it would be going backwards. How does this work?
Not a stupid question
your first instinct is correct, the quadrants are based on the direction the storm is moving, so if the storm is moving west, then the northwest side is the 'right front quadrant' if the storm is moving east, it's the southeast side that becomes the 'right front' quadrant.
Follow up question, what happens if the storm is stationary?
which quadrant is which then? is it based on the last definate motion of the storm before it stalled, or do they just avoid using quadrants to make sure people don't get more confused? 
-Mark