Explore the relationship between sea surface temperatures (SST) and hurricane strength.

Note that ocean temperatures change with each season.

Instructions and options you can use

• Drag the hurricane around to see the effect surface temperature has on the hurricane.
• Drag the High around to see how pressure and winds influence hurricane paths.
• Type "r" to reset the position and size to start over.
• Click on the season to rotate through the 4 seasons.

This applet is Copyright © 2011 by the American Meteorological Society.
This applet was developed by Ira Geer (AMS), Robert Weinbeck (AMS), and Tom Whittaker (University of Wisconsin-Madison).