Hurricane formation

Hurricane formation

Folie 2

• When warm and wet air rises, it condenses to form towering clouds, heavy rainfall, therefore also creating a low-pressure zone near the water surface.
• Rising warm air causes the decreasing air pressure at higher altitudes.
• Warm air is under a higher pressure than cold air so moves towards space the colder lower pressure is.
• So low pressure sucks in air from the warm surroundings which also then rises.
• a continuous upflow of warm and wet air continues to create clouds and rain.