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  2. Eye (cyclone) - Wikipedia

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    The maximum height of hurricane waves is unknown, but measurements during Hurricane Ivan when it was a Category 4 hurricane estimated that waves near the eyewall exceeded 40 m (130 ft) from peak to trough.

  3. List of tropical cyclone records - Wikipedia

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    ^α Although Luis produced the highest confirmed wave height for a tropical cyclone, it is possible that Hurricane Ivan produced a wave measuring 131 feet (40 m). [41]^β It is believed that reconnaissance aircraft overestimated wind speeds in tropical cyclones from the 1940s to the 1960s, and data from this time period is generally considered unreliable.

  4. Portal : Tropical cyclones/Featured article/Eye (cyclone)

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    In all storms, however, the eye is the location of the storm's minimum barometric pressure: the area where the atmospheric pressure at sea level is the lowest. Recently featured: List of South America tropical cyclones – Tropical Storm Henri (2003) – Hurricane Irene (1999) – Browse

  5. Meteorological history of Hurricane Katrina - Wikipedia

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    By the latter half of August 28, Katrina's tropical storm-force and hurricane-force winds expanded to 230 mi (370 km) and 105 mi (165 km) from its center, respectively. [31] The eye displayed a pronounced stadium effect at this time, with the eyewall sloping outward with height. [40]

  6. Hurricane Milton - Wikipedia

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    As it did so, a pinhole eye measuring 4 nautical miles (7 km) soon developed within very deep convection of around −80 °C (−112 °F), [21] with Milton becoming a major hurricane and soon after a Category 5 hurricane, by 11:00 UTC and 16:00 UTC respectively on October 7, [22] [23] making it the second Category 5 hurricane of the season.

  7. Hurricane Katrina - Wikipedia

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    The height of the surge is uncertain because of a lack of data, ... As the eye of Hurricane Katrina swept to the northeast, it subjected the city to hurricane ...

  8. Eyewall replacement cycle - Wikipedia

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    The next hurricane observed to have concentric eyewalls was Hurricane Donna in 1960. [10] Radar from reconnaissance aircraft showed an inner eye that varied from 10 miles (16 km) at low altitude to 13 miles (21 km) near the tropopause.

  9. Hurricane Sandy - Wikipedia

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    Hurricane Sandy (unofficially ... an eye began developing, ... Around 14,000 customers in Nova Scotia lost power during the height of the storm. [297]