<p>The winds in a hurricane move cyclonic and inward at the surface and anti-cyclonic and outward in the upper troposphere.</p>

<p>Cyclonic winds are counter-clockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere.  Anti-cyclonic is the opposite of cyclonic.</p>

<p>See <a href="https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/a/749/64">this answer</a> for a more detailed discussion of the winds within a tropical cyclone.</p>

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<p>In the Northern Hemisphere, do surface winds around the center of a hurricane move counterclockwise and inward or counterclockwise and outward? </p>

<p>I'm guessing they move inward.</p>

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# Winds in a northern hemisphere hurricane

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-06-19)

In the Northern Hemisphere, do surface winds around the center of a hurricane move counterclockwise and inward or counterclockwise and outward?

I'm guessing they move inward.

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### Answer by username_1 on 2014-06-19. Score: 10 | Accepted answer

The winds in a hurricane move cyclonic and inward at the surface and anti-cyclonic and outward in the upper troposphere.

Cyclonic winds are counter-clockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere. Anti-cyclonic is the opposite of cyclonic.

See [this answer](https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/a/749/64) for a more detailed discussion of the winds within a tropical cyclone.


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