eye wall
Hurricane's strongest ring
The eye wall is the ring of intense thunderstorms surrounding the calm eye of a hurricane or typhoon.
It contains the storm's strongest winds, heaviest rainfall, and most violent weather.
As hurricanes strengthen, the eye wall often contracts; as they weaken, it expands or breaks apart.
The eye wall passed directly over the coast, causing catastrophic damage.
- hurricaneViolent tropical windstorm
- stormSevere atmospheric disturbance
- cycloneRotating low-pressure storm system
- tropical stormOrganized oceanic wind system
- vortexRotating fluid column
rotation · winds · wind speed · spiral · clouds · rain · pressure · center · intense · category five · barrier · structure · tropical · storm surge · typhoon · convection · updraft · bands
- hurricaneshurricane, tropical cyclone, Andrew, Katrina, eyewall
- tropical weatherhurricane, tropical storm, tropical cyclone, hurricanes, tropical depression
- storm termshurricane path, storm surge, rain bands, storm cell, supercell
- vorticesvortex, whirlpool, whirlpools, tornado, tornadoes
- weatherweather, rain, sun, snow, wind
- meteorologyweather, rain, wind, snow, clouds
atmospheric turbulence
eye wallstillness
Complete lack of motion
dead calm · tranquility · clear skies · doldrums · fair weather
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