Eye (cyclone)
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The eye is a region of mostly calm weather at the center of a tropical cyclone. The eye of a storm is a roughly circular area, typically 30–65 kilometers in diameter. It is surrounded by the eyewall,
Typhoon Trami showing a well-defined eye at the center of the storm as seen from the International Space Station
Hurricane Wilma with a pinhole eye
Mesovortices visible in the eye of Hurricane Emilia in 1994
View of Typhoon Maysak's eye from the International Space Station displaying a pronounced stadium effect
Typhoon Winnie
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Typhoon Winnie, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Ibiang, was the most destructive tropical cyclone to impact the Chinese provinces of Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangsu, and Shandong in 200 years. Ori
Eye (cyclone)
…the storm's strongest winds. Due to the mechanics of a tropical cyclone, the eye and the air directly above it are warmer than their surroundings. Typhoon Winnie is tied with Typhoon Carmen for the largest eye on record at 200 miles (320 km). While normally pretty symmetric, eyes can be oblong and irregular…
Photograph of Typhoon Winnie on August 13 taken by a crew member of STS-85