What are the conditions inside the eye of a hurricane?

Although this can be seen from space, it's a particularly impressive sight for Hurricane Hunter aircraft flying inside the eye. Now that we've explained some background on hurricane eyes, click through our slideshow above to see some of the best hurricane eye images from various NOAA and NASA sources. read more

The eye is a region of mostly calm weather at the center of strong tropical cyclones. The eye of a storm is a roughly circular area, typically 30–65 km (20–40 miles) in diameter. It is surrounded by the eyewall, a ring of towering thunderstorms where the most severe weather and highest winds occur. read more

The eye that shows up in mature hurricanes represents the center of the storm. Counterintuitively to some, the eye represents an area of the hurricane where there is little to no precipitation, the sun or stars can be visible for a time, and the winds are light. read more