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Direction of Spiral for a tropical cyclone in the northern hemisphere?

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In the lower troposphere (near the earth's surface), winds spiral towards the center of a hurricane in a counterclockwise direction in the Northern Hemisphere and in a clockwise direction in the Southern Hemisphere.

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