Hurricane Danielle undergoes an Eyewall Replacement Cycle
Morphed Integrated Microwave Imagery at CIMSS (MIMIC) product
An animation of the Morphed Integrated Microwave Imagery at CIMSS (MIMIC) product (above) revealed that Hurricane Danielle (which had intensified into a Category 4 storm) was undergoing an Eyewall Replacement Cycle (ERC) during the 27 August – 28 August 2010 period. Note how the smaller inner eyewall deteriorated and became replaced by a much larger outer eyewall during the ERC process.
Following the ERC, GOES-13 10.7 µm IR images from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site (below) showed Danielle beginning the recurvature process after weakening to a Category 2 storm.
GOES-13 10.7 µm IR images
Even though Hurricane Danielle was quite far from the US East Coast (below), long period ocean swells and increasing onshore winds were creating dangerous rip currents along much of the nearshore waters and beaches from Florida to the Mid-Atlantic states.
GOES-13 10.7 µm IR image
Be sure to check out the PREDICT Field Experiment Blog for additional insights on other tropical cyclone activity in the Atlantic basin.