General Navigation USCG Question #869 (Set 28)

What enables you to estimate the bearing of a storm's center?

Official USCG Answer & Rule Citation

Correct Answer: Option B — Buys Ballot's Law

Buys Ballot's Law states that if an observer in the Northern Hemisphere faces the wind, the low-pressure center (storm center) is to their right and slightly ahead.

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