the eye of the storm?

Question

what exactly is the eye of the storm?
I know somenting but I am not realy sure .

Answer 1

THE EYE OF THE STORM EEEEWWWWWWW

Answer 2

The "eye" is a roughly circular area of comparatively light winds and fair weather found at the center of a severe tropical cyclone. Although the winds are calm at the axis of rotation, strong winds may extend well into the eye. There is little or no precipitation and sometimes blue sky or stars can be seen. The eye is the region of lowest surface pressure and warmest temperatures aloft - the eye temperature may be 10°C [18°F] warmer or more at an altitude of 12 km [8 mi] than the surrounding environment, but only 0-2°C [0-3°F] warmer at the surface (Hawkins and Rubsam 1968) in the tropical cyclone. Eyes range in size from 8 km [5 mi] to over 200 km [120 mi] across, but most are approximately 30-60 km [20-40 mi] in diameter (Weatherford and Gray 1988).

The eye is surrounded by the "eyewall", the roughly circular ring of deep convection which is the area of highest surface winds in the tropical cyclone. The eye is composed of air that is slowly sinking and the eyewall has a net upward flow as a result of many moderate - occasionally strong - updrafts and downdrafts. The eye's warm temperatures are due to compressional warming of of the subsiding air. Most soundings taken within the eye show a low-level layer which is relatively moist, with an inversion above - suggesting that the sinking in the eye typically does not reach the ocean surface, but instead only gets to around 1-3 km [ 1-2 mi] of the surface.

Answer 3

Good question. Meteorologically, it refers only to the "eye" of a tropical cyclone. It is the center of circulation of the storm. About 25% of tropical cyclones (named storms) have an eye, and virtually all hurricanes/typhoons/cyclones (depending on where they form on the earth's oceans) have eyes. This area in the storm is a calm area. It is surrounded by a so-called eye wall which is a concentric ring of violent thunderstorms. One of the reasons for the existence of the eye is the subsidence near the top of the storm which dries the air in the eye region as it descends so that not only is the air calm, it is also clear. This is the area that reconnaissance aircraft fly into so that they can drop a "dropsonde" on a parachute that measures wind, temperature, and pressure down to the ocean surface. This is the primary way of telling what the central pressure is in the storm which is also located in the eye of the storm. I have flown into typhoons in the western north Pacific ocean in the early 1970's while doing typhoon research using satellite data. This data is also used to locate the circulation centers of developing storms, find them when they are first developing so that aircraft will not have to be flying all the time looking for storms, help track the storm in its life cycle, and also help determine the storm's intensity. I hope this will help clarify this question of yours a little more.

Answer 4

The eye of the storm refers to huricanes and tornados.

The center is the eye. This is where there is little activity and it is calmer. The front of the storm passes, then the eye (the middle), then the back. The eye is deceiving as it is not like the rest of the storm. It is calm, quiet, and less destructive. When the eye passes, many people in hiding think it is over and so they get out of cover. Then they are unprepared and not protected when the back part of the storm hits them. Many people get killed this way. You must stay protected the full duration of the storm.

Generally, with huricanes the eye of the storm can be noted over the ocean but not easily once it hits land. While with a tornado the eye is constant. Our weather people fly airplanes into the center or eye of the storm and that is where they get readings on speed and force of the storm. This is dangerous job but it helps calculate the storms strength to help save lives.