Several simple integrations are performed to determine to what extent a steady, symmetrical hurricane model can be used to approximate observed storm structure. A two-layer model with inflow and outflow is considered. In the outflow, the absolute angular momentum about the vertical axis at the hurricane center is conserved. In the inflow, conservation of potential vorticity is assumed. For specified outer boundary conditions this assumption determines the distribution of momentum transport from air to ocean and there-with the radial profile of the tangential wind component. The local heat source at the ocean surface is assumed to supply the energy for the generation of hurricane winds. Given this heat source and the vertical wind shear between inflow and outflow layers from the dynamic model, a relation must exist between heat source and momentum sink at the air-water interface, if a particular wind field is to exist in steady state. This relation is computed. Various empirical tests are performe... Abstract Several simple integrations are performed to determine to what extent a steady, symmetrical hurricane model can be used to approximate observed storm structure. A two-layer model with inflow and outflow is considered. In the outflow, the absolute angular momentum about the vertical axis at the hurricane center is conserved. In the inflow, conservation of potential vorticity is assumed. For specified outer boundary conditions this assumption determines the distribution of momentum transport from air to ocean and there-with the radial profile of the tangential wind component. The local heat source at the ocean surface is assumed to supply the energy for the generation of hurricane winds. Given this heat source and the vertical wind shear between inflow and outflow layers from the dynamic model, a relation must exist between heat source and momentum sink at the air-water interface, if a particular wind field is to exist in steady state. This relation is computed. Various empirical tests are performe...