http://hurricanequestions.com/is-there-a-blue-sky-when-the-center-eye-of-a-hurricane-is-directly-over-you-and-is-there-no-rain.htm Wed, 23 May 2012 14:05:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://hurricanequestions.com/is-there-a-blue-sky-when-the-center-eye-of-a-hurricane-is-directly-over-you-and-is-there-no-rain.htm/comment-page-1#comment-492 cyswxman Mon, 25 May 2009 12:25:57 +0000 http://hurricanequestions.com/is-there-a-blue-sky-when-the-center-eye-of-a-hurricane-is-directly-over-you-and-is-there-no-rain.htm#comment-492 The strongest winds and torrential rains of a hurricane do not exist in the eye, but in the ring of storms that surrounds the eye (known as the eyewall). The eye is nearly calm and in some cases clear because in the eye of a hurricane the air actually sinks, which dries out the air and clears out the cloud cover. The strongest winds and torrential rains of a hurricane do not exist in the eye, but in the ring of storms that surrounds the eye (known as the eyewall). The eye is nearly calm and in some cases clear because in the eye of a hurricane the air actually sinks, which dries out the air and clears out the cloud cover.

]]> http://hurricanequestions.com/is-there-a-blue-sky-when-the-center-eye-of-a-hurricane-is-directly-over-you-and-is-there-no-rain.htm/comment-page-1#comment-493 AZ Imagined Mon, 25 May 2009 12:25:57 +0000 http://hurricanequestions.com/is-there-a-blue-sky-when-the-center-eye-of-a-hurricane-is-directly-over-you-and-is-there-no-rain.htm#comment-493 The strongest winds are generally in the "eye wall" not in the eye itself. In a hurricane with a well-formed eye, it can indeed be clear and calm in the eye itself. The strongest winds are generally in the “eye wall” not in the eye itself. In a hurricane with a well-formed eye, it can indeed be clear and calm in the eye itself.

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