Hurricane Applet - Pacific
Instructions
- Drag the hurricane somewhere and see what effect the
Sea Surface Temperature (SST) has...
- Drag the High around to see it "push" the hurricane...
- Click on the Season names to change season
- Click on the Reset button to reset
This applet and graphics Copyright 2011 by Tom Whittaker and Rick Kohrs. Wind data from
NOAA reanalysis, 1990-2009 at 850hPa for March, June, September and December. Sea Surface
Temperature (SST) images are from the same months for a recent year, selected to exemplify
a useful distribution of temperature.