This bug has been around for quite a while now, but i've never seen it being adressed here on the forums. I'm not sure if it's always counter-clockwise, but they are always at a 90 degree angle, as apposed to moving along with the wind like they normally do. You can tell by how the ship moves; normally it only rocks from side to side when having the wind on the beam, but in a storm it does this when the wind comes from behind. This doesn’t make sense, and makes avoiding damage by keeping the right course very confusing. I don't know if i'm supposed to be paying attention to the wind direction now, or the waves. There used to be an indicator for the ship's angle and if you were in any danger, but that seems to have been removed at some point. I'm also not getting anything like cargo being washed overboard anymore.
The following is mere speculation on my part, but maybe it's related to moments where the waves are virtually non-existent in a storm sometimes? When this happens, it is often still possible to go to the worldmap, so it’s not officially considered a storm, but there is lightning. Perhaps this kind of non-storm is intended as a prelude to a real one?
Personally, i think storms use some kind of custom waves, and the bug's somewhere in there. This does need resolving though; it can actually cost you your ship the way it is now.
The following is mere speculation on my part, but maybe it's related to moments where the waves are virtually non-existent in a storm sometimes? When this happens, it is often still possible to go to the worldmap, so it’s not officially considered a storm, but there is lightning. Perhaps this kind of non-storm is intended as a prelude to a real one?
Personally, i think storms use some kind of custom waves, and the bug's somewhere in there. This does need resolving though; it can actually cost you your ship the way it is now.