Thanks to the Coriolis Effect’s impact on air and water, the movement happens in a curved direction; the north goes to the right and the south goes to the left. This is why hurricanes rotate counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and cyclones in the southern hemisphere rotate clockwise.

Particles traveling from the equator to the south experience a similar curve in the opposite direction. This creates a circular spinning pattern as air travels from areas of high pressure to low pressure. That’s why hurricanes originating in the northern hemisphere rotate counterclockwise.

In fact, tropical cyclones — the general name for the storms called typhoons, hurricanes or cyclones in different parts of the world — always spin counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, and spin in the opposite direction in the Southern Hemisphere.

Hurricanes area essentially areas of low pressure. Air always likes to travel from high to low pressure, so it will move toward the storm. As the air moves to the storm, in the northern hemisphere, it will get turned to the right. This then creates a spinning motion that is counter clockwise.

Right Side

Eye

Located just outside of the eye is the eye wall. This is the location within a hurricane where the most damaging winds and intense rainfall is found. The image below is of a hurricane (called cyclone in the Southern Hemisphere).

Absolutely not. There are two major problems: One is that the waves within the eye are huge and chaotic. The other is that to get there, you have to endure the highest winds the storm has to offer, and you won’t be able to remain there if the storm makes landfall, exposing you to the highest winds a second time.

Circling just outside the eye are the winds that make up the eyewall. They’re the scariest, nastiest, gnarliest part of the storm. They form an unbroken line of extremely powerful downpours. In strong hurricanes, these winds can roar to 225 kilometers (140 miles) per hour.

Though the eye is by far the calmest part of the storm, with no wind at the center and typically clear skies, on the ocean it is possibly the most hazardous area. In the eyewall, wind-driven waves all travel in the same direction.

Skies are often clear above the eye and winds are relatively light. It is actually the calmest section of any hurricane. The eye is so calm because the now strong surface winds that converge towards the center never reach it. This convergence causes the air to actually sink in the eye.

The eye wall is the strongest part of the storm because of the air located in the eye wall moves faster than any other part of the storm and it pulls in warmer ocean water to fuel the storm.

In general, the strongest winds in a hurricane are found on the right side of the storm because the motion of the hurricane also contributes to its swirling winds. It is normally the right side of the storm that is the dirty side. And that means that’s were all the heaviest winds and rain are falling.

Storm Surge

Some of the most dramatic weather changes on Earth can occur over a short distance near the eye of an intense hurricane. Inside the eye, winds are mostly light. A person on the ground in the middle of an eye could see blue skies during the day or stars at night if the eye is free of widespread clouds.

Missouri – Matt Suter was 19 years old when he had an experience that he will never forget. He survived after being swept up inside a tornado. More than a dozen tornadoes spawned from the supercell thunderstorms that day, claiming the lives of two people.

Don’t walk outside to “feel” the wind. Hurricane winds can reach anywhere from 75 to 200 mph, and even small bits of debris can be deadly at those speeds. Once the eye passes, winds pick up quickly and come from the opposite direction.

Yes, you can fly over hurricanes. It is possible to overfly a hurricane if the destination is on the other side of the storm. However, some storms can create turbulence at high altitude and that has to be factored in when choosing a route.

Do pilots sleep in flight? The simple answer is yes, pilots do and are allowed to sleep during flight but there are strict rules controlling this practice. Pilots would only normally sleep on long haul flights, although sleep on short haul flights is permitted to avoid the effects of fatigue.

Normally, passenger jets or airplanes, fly can fly at an altitude, maximum of 42000 feet. Currently, no passenger airplanes are “able” to fly at 50,000 feet or above. Because, at these altitudes, air density is very low, which wouldn’t sustain the heavy weight of the passenger aircrafts.

When the plane gets too high, there is insufficient oxygen to fuel the engines. “The air is less dense at altitude, so the engine can suck in less and less air per second as it goes higher and at some point the engine can no longer develop sufficient power to climb.” …

Answer: The highest commercial airliner altitude was 60,000 feet by Concorde. The highest military air-breathing engine airplane was the SR-71 — about 90,000 feet. The highest airliner flying today reaches 45,000 feet.

Avoiding Traffic and Hazards Flying higher means planes can avoid birds (usually), drones, and light aircraft and helicopters, which fly at lower altitudes. Planes flying eastward (including northeast and southeast) will fly at odd altitudes (i.e. 35,000 feet) and all other directions will fly at even altitudes.

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The “sweet spot” of flying is regarded as between 35,000 and 42,000 feet – too high and the oxygen becomes too sparse to fuel the engines, too low and the air resistance is greater. This optimum height is linked to the usual weight of a commercial jet – that is, heavier planes fly lower, and lighter higher.

Due to lower resistance at higher altitudes, commercial airplanes can keep moving forward with minimal fuel expenditure. Commercial airplanes typically fly between 32,000 feet and 38,000 feet, with the sweet spot being approximately 35,000 feet, which is popularly referred to as cruising altitude.

Blue ice, in the context of aviation, is frozen sewage material that has leaked mid-flight from commercial aircraft lavatory waste systems. Airlines are not allowed to dump their waste tanks in mid-flight, and pilots have no mechanism by which to do so; however, leaks sometimes do occur. …

Flying in Heavy Rain Rain is not actually dangerous to aircraft, and you can often fly through rain with no issues at all. The main problem is that heavy rain often leads to poor visibility.

Techincally, there is only one way for the aircraft to remain hanging motionless in the air: if weight and lift cancel each other out perfectly, and at the same time thrust and drag cancel each other out too. But this is incredibly rare. To stay in the air and sustain its flight, an aircraft needs to be moving forward.