The Perfect Storm

One thing i notived in the movie, The Perfect Storm was first hand look at the Coriolis effect. In the movie when the broadcasters or weather experts were looking at the hurricane, i could see that it was moving counterclock wise. The reason for the hurricanes move counterclock wise in the Nothern Hemisphere is because of the Coriolis effect. By definition, the Coriolis effect is the "an effect whereby a mass moving in a rotating system experiences a force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to axis of rotation."


Place I found definition for coriolis effect 

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&tbo=u&q=Coriolis+effect&tbs=dfn:1&sa=X&ei=ktsjUbuyKKi_0QHduIDgCQ&sqi=2&ved=0CCwQkQ4&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.42553238,d.dmQ&fp=172d09efa7c3f5c7&biw=1366&bih=625