Word: sakuhei
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...Japanese meteorologist Sakuhei Fujihara observed that two hurricanes never collide, but when they come close enough they attract one another and swerve off their former courses. This is because the high-pressure area between them is exhausted by the sucking effect of the two circular storms. So the barometric pressure drops while the pressure outside the storm-pair remains high. This unbalanced condition pushes the two storms closer. At the same time, their violence decreases because of the lack of enough air pressure to keep them spinning as fast as before...
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