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You are enroute from Puerto Rico to New York. A hurricane makes up and is approaching. What does it indicate if the wind veers steadily?

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You are enroute from Puerto Rico to New York. A hurricane makes up and is approaching. What does it indicate if the wind veers steadily?

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🔍 Key Concepts

• Veering vs. backing winds in relation to a moving low-pressure system like a hurricane • The meaning of the dangerous semicircle vs. navigable semicircle in the Northern Hemisphere • How the relative motion of the storm and the vessel affects observed wind direction

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• Think about what it means when the wind direction shifts clockwise (veers) as a hurricane approaches in the Northern Hemisphere. Is your position getting closer to, or farther from, the storm’s right-hand side? • Recall which semicircle (dangerous or navigable) in the Northern Hemisphere has winds that combine with the storm’s motion to produce stronger, more dangerous conditions. • Consider: in which semicircle would a vessel observe the wind steadily veering as the storm passes a little to one side, rather than directly overhead?

✅ Before You Answer

• Confirm that veering in the Northern Hemisphere means the wind direction is shifting clockwise (e.g., from NE to E to SE). • Review which side of the storm track is called the dangerous semicircle (right side looking in the direction of the storm’s motion) and which is the navigable semicircle (left side). • Match the observed behavior (steadily veering wind as the hurricane approaches) with the correct named semicircle, not with being in the storm center or directly on the storm track.

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Question 1 of 2066636ee928f7522a1c51968f

You are enroute from Puerto Rico to New York. A hurricane makes up and is approaching. What does it indicate if the wind veers steadily?

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You are enroute from Puerto Rico to New York. A hurricane makes up and is approaching. What does it indicate if the wind veers steadily?

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