Central dense overcast
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The central dense overcast, or CDO, of a tropical cyclone or strong subtropical cyclone is the large central area of thunderstorms surrounding its circulation center, caused by the formation of its ey
Tropical Storm Ana (2009) with its small CDO
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Hurricane Rafael (2012)
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Hurricane Rafael was a long-lived category 1 hurricane that produced minor damage in the northeastern Caribbean Sea and affected the coastlines of Atlantic Canada in mid-October 2012. The seventeenth
Central dense overcast
…sustained winds within a tropical cyclone, as well as its heaviest rainfall, are usually located under the coldest cloud tops in the CDO. Characteristics Tropical storm Rafael displaying an example of a CDO. It is a large region of thunderstorms surrounding the center of stronger tropical and subtropical cyclones which shows…
Hurricane Rafael near peak intensity on October 16
Hurricane Rafael's extratropical remnant on October 22, approaching Portugal.
Rafael over the Lesser Antilles on October 13