Double eye wall?
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Re: Double eye wall?
MBismyPlayground wrote:What is it and what does it mean???Or is it unimportant???
That's not an uncommon thing in powerful hurricanes. A new, larger eyewall forms around the existing eye. Over time, it contracts, squeezing the inner eye until it collapses. This is generally accompanied by a weakening of the storm. After a brief period, the new larger eye clears out and intensification resumes.
This is what you will see referred to as an "ERC" or "eyewall replacement cycle."
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WeatherEmperor wrote:Imagine if a hurricane were ablel to form 2 eyes instead of one. Then it would look like a face were moving across the Atlantic. lol!
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While it might not happen in a full blown Hurricane, it did happen in a tropical Storm off the Texas coast about thirty years ago. A disorganized system formed a new stronger center of circulation, but for a while, it had two different eyes and circulation centers.
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