Hurricanes spin counterclockwise (like all low pressure centers in the northern hemisphere) because of the Coriolis Effect. Because the equator rotates faster than other areas of the Earth's surface, ...

Hurricanes and low pressure systems do spin counter-clockwise in the northern hemisphere. Tornadoes usually do, though not always. The behavior of the intense thundershowers that produce tornadoes ...

The National Weather Service officially ranked the tornado Sunday, April 15 as an EF2. It maintained that strength, as it crossed 30 miles into Greensboro and then Rockingham County. While we've ...

Winds always rotate in a counterclockwise sense around hurricanes in the Northern Hemisphere. Winds in tornadoes usually rotate counterclockwise, but in perhaps five percent of tornadoes, clockwise ...

This week's question comes from Morning Brief reader Robert, who asks, "Do tornadoes rotate clockwise or counterclockwise? And why?" Meteorologist Jonathan Belles: The answer is both. Low pressure ...