MSNBC The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell June 4, 2024 02:15:00
Hurricane is a heat engine, it draws energy from the very warm oceans. as a hurricane develops, the winds going over that warm water are causing the water to evaporate, that puts heat in the atmosphere and create showers and thunderstorms. you essentially get a chimney of heat in which the storm has coalesced. when makeovers overland, there is more friction, it reduces the winds at the surface. you are taking away the heat that drives that heat engine. it is a blessing, fortunately, hurricanes weaken as they tend to come onshore. sometimes you have this ocean effect where hurricanes very with ...