Al Baker(pumpman)
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If a storm builds strength by drawing moisture from the warm ocean, does the rain falling have a slight salt level? Al
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Crazy Horse
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A hurricane is in fact a type of heat engine. It transfers heat between a warm body (ocean) and a cooler body (atmosphere). Part of the heat is used to do work, e.g. move air. It operates on the same thermodynamic principles as an internal or external combustion engine. The amount of work it can skim off from the heat transfer is a function of the ratio of the the temperatures between the hot and cold bodies. The smaller that ratio (cold temp divided by hot temp), the more work it can do. Also it is impossible for all of the heat that is transferred to be converted to work, a form of the second law of thermodynamics. By the way, this was all figured out in the 19th century by French scientist Sadie Carnot.
teddy52food
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If all that energy comes from warm water, how cold does the water get?
That's a good question. But given the massive size of the ocean and convection, I'd guess the temperature drop is small and brief but measurable if you could be in the right place at the right time. Under the right conditions, a hurricane should leave a wake of cooler water behind it.
Hobo,NC
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I will let you know shortly if it taste salty... I have read it may contain hog waist and watch out for sharks...
DoubleO7
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That happens 24/7/365 from surf action.
But canes DO pick up salt water and it comes back down as rain.
Not enough concentration in the rain do be physically noticeable but it does happen.
The eye is like a tornado and will suck up ocean water from the white caps.
farmerjohn
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I joke that I heard when I was a kid but it doesn?t work anymore == Why do they always name hurricanes after girls? Have you ever heard of a himmicane?
Texasmark1
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It must since the salt is in solution. I used to fish along the Texas Gulf Coast and everything down there was rusted much worse than 50 miles inland where I grew up. Since the humidity and rain and such were pretty much the same, I'd take it does.
When down there, especially on hot, humid days, your skin just feels clammy and your equipment is clammy......yes.
When down there, especially on hot, humid days, your skin just feels clammy and your equipment is clammy......yes.
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