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Sometimes –right after a particularly nasty part of a hurricane– the wind calms, the sky clears, and the air warms; the weather isn’t just better, it’s beautiful. But then, just as suddenly, the weather turns wild again, battering the area with a second super-intense burst. This weird lull in a hurricane is called the “eye.” But why does this lull exist in an otherwise-violent storm?

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To learn more about how Florida International University is revolutionizing what we know about hurricanes, visit https://FIU.edu Why is the middle of a hurricane sometimes so clear and calm? LEARN MORE ************** To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: - Subsidence: the downward movement of an air parcel as it cools and becomes denser - Vortex: a region in a fluid in which the flow revolves around an axis line SUPPORT MINUTEEARTH ************************** If you like what we do, you can help us!: - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Share this video with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) CREDITS ********* Kate Yoshida | Script Writer, Narrator and Director Cameron Duke | Director Sarah Berman | Illustration, Video Editing and Animation Nathaniel Schroeder | Music MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info OUR STAFF ************ Lizah van der Aart • Sarah Berman • Cameron Duke Arcadi Garcia i Rius • David Goldenberg • Melissa Hayes Alex Reich • Henry Reich • Peter Reich Ever Salazar • Leonardo Souza • Kate Yoshida OTHER CREDITS ***************** Hurricane Harvey Roaring and Spinning In Gulf of Mexico 2017 Footage by: Film Master | Shutterstock Hurricane eye over sea in satellite photo Photo by: Viacheslav Lopatin | Shutterstock Extreme CAT 5 major hurricane OTIS Footage by: BroadcastNews | Shutterstock OUR LINKS ************ Youtube | https://youtube.com/MinuteEarth TikTok | https://tiktok.com/@minuteearth Twitter | https://twitter.com/MinuteEarth Instagram | https://instagram.com/minute_earth Facebook | https://facebook.com/Minuteearth Website | https://minuteearth.com Apple Podcasts| https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/minuteearth/id649211176 REFERENCES ************** Houze, RA et al. (2007). Hurricane Intensity and Eyewall Replacement. Science, 315(5816), 1235–1239. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1135650 Schubert WH et al. (2007). On the distribution of subsidence in the hurricane eye. , 133(624), 595–605. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.49 Shen, W (2006). Does the size of hurricane eye matter with its intensity?. Geophysical Research Letters, 33(18). https://doi.org/10.1029/2006GL027313 Smith, RK (1980) Tropical cyclone eye dynamics. Journal of Atmospheric Science 37: 1227-1232. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1980)037%3C1227:TCED%3E2.0.CO;2 Willoughby HE (1998). Tropical cyclone eye thermodynamics. Monthly Weather Review, 126(12), 3053-3067. https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/mwre/126/12/1520-0493_1998_126_3053_tcet_2.0.co_2.xml