Now, Shuyi Chen from the University of Miami and colleagues from other US research institutions say they have a method of forecasting eyewall replacement. (environmentalresearchweb.org)
Major hurricanes typically stay at that intensity for an average of 2 - 3 days and have their 50 m / s or higher winds concentrated in the mesoscale (10s of km) eyewall [1993; 1998]. (aoml.noaa.gov)
When NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Cyclone Cebile it measured cloud top temperatures and saw its eye circled by an impressive ring of powerful thunderstorms just before it went through eyewall replacement. (technologyalpha.net)