N Equator Air starts moving toward a zone of low pressure and veers off course to right -Core of tropical cyclone rotating to the left, counter- clockwise Figure 8.28 The dynamics of a tropical cyclone, showing the influence of the Coriolis effect. Note that the storm turns the "wrong" way (that is, counterclockwise) in the Northern Hemisphere, but for the "right" reasons. Air starts moving toward a zone of low pressure and veers off course to right © Cengage Learning

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