that's remarkable

[frederic79]

In the latest visible loops it almost looks like an eye feature along 10N moving due west in 96L. It sort of pops up then disappears. Don't shoot me for noticing; I realize eyes only appear on hurricanes... and TS Bonnie. Anyone else see this?[/url]

[hurricanetrack]

Yes- I see it too. Who knows, right? Maybe the whole physics of tropical cyclones is undergoing a change. We've seen some strange things this season so far- and it's still August.

[KWT]

Yes I got an image of it.



It sure looked like a eye.It isn't just hurricanes that form eyes,very strong depressions hae also been known to form eyes,the great storm of 1987 that hit the U.k also had a eye,look at the top very closely and you'll see a small dark circle and the swirling rainbands:

[Derek Ortt]

That is definately not an eye at all. An eye is a clear spot surrounded by an eye wall of at least 50%. There is no eye wall. That is a clear spot, indicative of a very poorly formed inner-core, as is expected with depressions

[vbhoutex]

What you are probably seeing is a collapsing thunderstorm that happens to be right at the center of circulation of the system. This phenomenon will often open up a hole like that in otherwise dense cloud masses. And yes it does look remarkably like an eye has formed, but we all know it hasn't since we don't even have a tropical storm at this point.