Hurricanes

[catchup]

To all the MET expads,

to my knowledge it requires a water tempereature of 26-27 degrees celsius to produce a hurricane.

Why doesn't it happen over the persian golf, where water is most of the time warmer than mentioned?

regards

[the_hawk]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane#Formation

When these storms move over land or cooler areas of water they weaken rapidly.

Persian Golf isn't enough area of water to produce tropical cyclones

see also

http://www.bom.gov.au/bmrc/pubs/tcguide/ch1/figures_ch1/1_9.gif

(upper left part of the pic, you will notice that not far away in the northern Indian Ocean - west of India - you'll find some of them)

[catchup]

Dankeschon!

regards