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On the Avoidance of Hurricanes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2010

Brett Hilder
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For many generations mariners have been taught the law of storms and the rules for avoiding their centres. This paper describes some of the practical difficulties of avoiding hurricanes in the south-west Pacific area, and the failure of meteorologists to appreciate the dangers and difficulties of the mariners.

About half the tropical storms observed conform roughly to the parabolic track of the law of storms. They form about 10° South of the equator during the north-west monsoon, (from December to April), and travel west-south-west, south-west and south-south-west as they gather strength and speed to a maximum; at 20° South they pause, recurve through south-south-east and south-east as they diminish in force and pass out of our consideration at 30° South.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , April 1958 , pp. 194 - 206
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1958

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