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Hurricane Model for an El Niño year
Built for hobbyists & makers exploring it for fun. Play with real physics and math, no license and no setup — just open and tinker. Simulate an El Niño year live below — adjust the inputs and watch it respond, right in your browser.
Hurricane Wind ModelLive
pressure drives the wind
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A hurricane is a giant heat engine whose winds are driven by the pressure drop at its center — the deeper the low, the fiercer the winds, roughly as the square root of the pressure deficit. The calm eye sits in the middle, ringed by the eyewall of strongest wind. Central pressure is the single best predictor of a storm's intensity.
Data Inspector
Pressure deficit63 mbar
Max wind180 km/h
Max wind (mph)112 mph
Saffir-SimpsonCategory 3
Governing equation
Reading this result: This is a major hurricane: the deep central low is driving eyewall winds strong enough to cause devastating damage well inland.
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- Is this good for hobbyists & makers?
- Yes — this version of "Hurricane Model for an El Niño year" is framed for hobbyists & makers exploring it for fun. Play with real physics and math, no license and no setup — just open and tinker.
- Do I need to install anything?
- No. It runs in any modern browser, free, with no account required.