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Every year, at the beginning of June, Central America and the Caribbean hear those two terrible words: hurricane season. Hurricane season officially runs June 1-November 15. And every year, this six-month season marks the weather lottery: will it or won’t it? For more details please visit at – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: No Hurricane Zone: How Costa Rica Escapes Hurricane Season


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No Hurricane Zone How Costa Rica Escapes
Hurricane Season
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The science of how and why hurricanes (and
tropical depressions, tropical storms, and other
related tempests) bypass Costa Rica is
surprisingly simple. Lets start with how it all
begins. Hurricanes form when three conditions are
present warm ocean water (80ºF or higher), wind
(specifically, the Coriolis Effect or Coriolis
Force), and warm air. And heres the big but ALL
conditions must be present, together and all at
once without one, the whole hurricane equation
simply falls apart.
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While theres quite a bit of science behind the
Coriolis Effect, the basics are this the effect
is a direct result of the Earths rotation
influencing the turning of winds. As in, turning
into a spiral to form a hurricane.Its Just
Science Costa Ricas No-Hurricane Zone And
thats the core of it while Costa Rica is
undeniably home to water and air warm enough to
sustain a hurricane, we thankfully lack
sufficient Coriolis Effect to get the whole
shebang started.
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