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You are steaming west in the South Atlantic in an extratropical cyclonic storm, and the wind is dead ahead. According to the law of Buys Ballot, where does the center of low pressure lie?

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You are steaming west in the South Atlantic in an extratropical cyclonic storm, and the wind is dead ahead. According to the law of Buys Ballot, where does the center of low pressure lie?

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🔍 Key Concepts

• Buys Ballot’s Law and how it relates wind direction to the position of a low-pressure center • Difference between Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere behavior around lows • Your heading (steaming west) and the apparent wind direction (dead ahead)

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• First, recall in which direction air circulates around a low in the Southern Hemisphere. • Then, imagine you are facing into the wind: in the Southern Hemisphere, where is the low relative to you according to Buys Ballot’s Law? • Combine your course (westbound) and the fact that the wind is dead ahead to visualize where the low must be located around your vessel.

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• Verify the circulation around a low in the Southern Hemisphere (clockwise or counterclockwise?). • Recall Buys Ballot’s rule wording for the Southern Hemisphere, not the Northern Hemisphere version. • Confirm that “dead ahead” wind while steaming west means you are moving into the flow around the low and adjust your mental diagram accordingly.

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Question 1 of 2066636ee928f7522a1c51a1ad

You are steaming west in the South Atlantic in an extratropical cyclonic storm, and the wind is dead ahead. According to the law of Buys Ballot, where does the center of low pressure lie?

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You are steaming west in the South Atlantic in an extratropical cyclonic storm, and the wind is dead ahead. According to the law of Buys Ballot, where does the center of low pressure lie?

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