What's up with the giant eye?

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What's up with the giant eye?

#1 Postby Mississippi Storm Magnet » Fri Oct 21, 2005 7:35 am

Katrina and Rita had them. Now Wilma.

I do not remember many canes with such large eyes in the past. Why now?
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#2 Postby frederic79 » Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:09 am

Good question... I've wondered the same thing. However, Floyd had one and Frederic's eye was 35 nm wide. Maybe the NHC will comment after the season's over.
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#3 Postby clueless newbie » Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:19 am

Actually, large eyes are quite common in big strong hurricanes. Ivan & Isabel also had them. If a strong cane lives long enough, it will almost certainly develop a large eye due to eyewall replacement cycles.
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#4 Postby shaggy » Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:28 am

this large eye may be the only saving grace for cozumel.The eye is not far off the island now and will probably cross over in the next few hours with such a large eye and slow speed it should give them a decent break to catch their breath after going thru the eyewall!
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#5 Postby Aslkahuna » Fri Oct 21, 2005 4:48 pm

That's not a large eye, I've seen much larger eyes on WPAC storms (up to 100 NM across).

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#6 Postby artist » Fri Oct 21, 2005 4:52 pm

Could the pattern that you can see within the eye right now have anything to do with the recon flying thru it?
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#7 Postby Typhoon » Fri Oct 21, 2005 5:20 pm

artist wrote:Could the pattern that you can see within the eye right now have anything to do with the recon flying thru it?


Unless I don't quite get what you are saying, that's the craziest thing I have heard all day.
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#8 Postby fasterdisaster » Fri Oct 21, 2005 5:23 pm

How big did Isabel's eye get?
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#9 Postby artist » Fri Oct 21, 2005 5:24 pm

Sesriously - you know how planes leave I believe they are called entrails some times - why could not the pattern of what appear to be ~trails~ not be influenced by recons runs in and out of the eyewall? If it is nuts then so be it, but seems it could be possible!
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#10 Postby ChaserUK » Fri Oct 21, 2005 5:33 pm

don't know about Isabel's eye but I am sure Frances last year had a 80nm eye whilst it was just sat there off the coast - moving at 4nm - the same at Wilma as it goes right now.
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#11 Postby Brent » Fri Oct 21, 2005 6:03 pm

Aslkahuna wrote:That's not a large eye, I've seen much larger eyes on WPAC storms (up to 100 NM across).

Steve


Large for the Atlantic. :)
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#12 Postby Stangfriik » Fri Oct 21, 2005 6:22 pm

Frances and Jeanne had much larger eyes
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#13 Postby AussieMark » Fri Oct 21, 2005 6:28 pm

Isabel and Jeanne and Floyd had a 40 nm wide eye

Frances had a 45 nm wide eye
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#14 Postby thunderchief » Fri Oct 21, 2005 6:43 pm

frances had a 70nm wide eye after she got disorganized in the bahamas, if i remember correctly.
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