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Eye
– winds light, clouds mainly broken,
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surface
air pressure is very low (here
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965mb);
diameter = 20-50 km typically
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Clouds
align into spiraling bands (spiral
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rain
bands)
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Surface
winds increase in speed as they
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blow
counterclockwise and inward toward
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the
center.
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Wind
and precipitation is most intense at
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the
eye wall.
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