Hurricane Erick is now a Category 3 storm, packing sustained winds of 125 miles per hour. That makes it a major hurricane
.New satellite imagery from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows the storm's clearly defined eye and powerful eye wall, the ring of storms that surround the storm's center.This view of Hurricane #Erick southeast of Hawaii, seen by #GOESWest, shows some meso-vortices swirling in the low clouds within the storm's eye. Maximum sustained wind speed is 125 mph.
"But while the eye of the storm looks mostly clear, closer inspection reveals some small, spinning cloud streaks that are hallmarks of very intense hurricanes and typhoons."Those little swirls are known as mesovortices and can contain some of the strongest winds, especially when they are located in the eye wall.Read MoreTRACK THE STORMYes, it looks very doom and gloom, but there's good news for Hawaii: The storm is not expected to make landfall.
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