Eye

Details of hurricane eye's structure

Details of the hurricane eye’s structure

The hurricane’s center is a relatively calm, clear area usually 20-40 miles across (about 30-65 km), but sometimes as tiny as 5 miles(8 km) or as large as 60 miles (95 km). People in the midst of a hurricane are often amazed at how the incredibly fierce winds and rain can suddenly stop and the sky clear when the eye comes over them. Then, just as quickly, the winds and rain begin again, but this time from the opposite direction.

These two photographs reveal the difference between the eye size of 2005's Hurricane Wilma after 5 days.

Hurricane Wilma (left: 10/19/2005, right: 10/24/2005)-note difference in eye size between the 5 days