nothern eywall about 50miles away fomr NO.... think eye will past just to east of NO.....

been watching the SR velocity loop of time fram from 2:42 cdt to just now 4:30cdt.... i think it may show a small vortice inside of the "stadium" or center of storm....as it moved to the north.... pretty cool.... it may not be that, but that's what i come up with....watched it a hundred times....

you may be able to see it on the ridge site

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/lix_N0S_lp.shtml

click the Storm Relative loop

watch the center spinn faster than the rim of center.... look in the middel...
works better if you set the speed all the way up