Stadium Effect

Check out the shadows around the eye of Hurricane Felix. It's quite easy to make out the inverted cone shape. The Hurricane Hunters reported that Felix had developed a feature that's known as a "stadium effect", where the convection around the eyewall of the Hurricane takes on a shape resembling bleachers at a large stadium. This is characteristic of very intense Hurricanes. The picture below is of Katrina, demonstrating this phenomena.

Posted by Ted Zarras at 10:24 PM