Because of things like Coriolis effect and convective currents, there just aren’t winds that blow across the equator, not at the scale that would blow a hurricane from one hemisphere to the other anyway.
Winds tend to blow along and away from the equator, not across it.
The earth spins faster at the equator, which is the reason for the rotation of hurricanes. They spin counter clockwise north of the equator and clockwise south of it.
If they were to cross the equator, the coriolis effect would work against the rotation and effectively stop the storm
Does anyone know what the reason for this is?
Apparently,
It’s the same (but even more dramatic) with Jupiter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHwkdcppsuo
The earth spins faster at the equator, which is the reason for the rotation of hurricanes. They spin counter clockwise north of the equator and clockwise south of it. If they were to cross the equator, the coriolis effect would work against the rotation and effectively stop the storm
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/coriolis-effect/
Thank you for the links! I learned new things today.