Question

Why do you think meteorologists use a cone-shaped area for the hurricane’s path instead of a straight line?

Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

A hurricane is a rapidly rotating storm with a low-pressure center, strong winds and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms with heavy rain. It is a tropical cyclone that occur in the Atlantic ocean and in the northeastern Pacific ocean. These cyclones typically form over large bodies of warm water. The probable path of hurricanes are represented by a cone shaped area. This cone represents the probable track of the center of a hurricane. This cone is generated by enclosing a number of closely spaced circles that represent the area swept by hurricanes along the the forecast track of 12, 24, 36 hours etc. The size of each circle is taken as two-thirds of the historical forecast error over the past 5 years. The cone is designed to show increasing forecast uncertainty over time. The circles becomes larger and larger over time because the forecast uncertainty also increases over time and which in turn is represented by a continuous increase in the size of the cone.

Answer 2

A hurricane grows in size before it makes landfall, so a cone is a natural choice for a path; the width of the cone grows larger along its length just as the radius of a hurricane grows along its path.