Hugh
(Senior Storm Chaser)
Sat Aug 27 2005 05:13 PM
Re: Eyewall replacement cycle?

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Based on radar a few hours ago, the eyewall replacement cycle was going on replacing a tiny, 9 NM eye with a larger one about double the radius.
However, looking at IR, WV, and Visible it appears this new eye has formed, and a 2nd, giant-eye eyewall replacement cycle has begun more then doubling the recently formed eye. Can anyone confim this? The visible is picking up a new circular pattern outside the central eye, convection (IR) and WV show a nearly completely inactive zone between the new eye and the even newer forming eyewall.
I wish this thing was inside radar range so we could see for sure.
Source: SSD Floater 1
Again, can anyone confirm what I'm seeing?




I see the same thing. The WV makes the eye look VERY large. I can see a bit of a WNW trend on the WV but not on visible of IR. If the new eye compresses to the north instead of the south that could signal a change in motion (couldn't it?). Still looks on WV like someone punched Katrina's upper left corner in.



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