🔍 Key Concepts

• Southern Hemisphere storm circulation (clockwise vs counterclockwise) • Meaning of left semicircle / dangerous semicircle of a tropical storm • Relation between wind direction, storm center, and your own course

💭 Think About

• In the Southern Hemisphere, which way do winds circulate around a low-pressure system? Visualize this around a center. • If you are in the left (dangerous) semicircle, is the storm’s track more likely to carry it toward you or away from you if you continue straight? • To increase separation from the storm center, should your chosen heading tend to move you with the storm’s motion, across it, or away from its path?

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify which ship’s heading relative to the wind tends to move you away from the storm center in the Southern Hemisphere left semicircle. • Check which option would risk putting you closer to the storm’s track rather than opening the distance. • Confirm that the correct choice has you maintaining good steerageway (not stopping dead) while keeping the storm from overtaking or crossing your track.