Question

When a hurricane reaches land, its intensity decreases as the result of

a. an increase in pressure and temperature.
b. lack of cold, dry air to fuel the storm.
c. friction and the law of warm, moist air.
d. successive updrafts into the eye wall?

Answer 1

The correct answer would be D. When a hurricane reaches the land, its intensity decreases as a result of the friction and the lack of warm, moist air. The outer part of the hurricane would start to include that air from land which is drier and cooler which would increase the friction decreasing the strength of the hurricane.