On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:22:21 -0400, "Fievel Mousekewitz Sr \(Not A
CT'er\)" wrote:

wrote in message
.. .
Not so abnormal. Strong extra tropical systems may appear to develop
an eye on a satellite image. Diffrent reasons though.
Good on you for noticeing

Funny or not, a valid point for discussion!
Huh?
It didn't just appear that way, otherwise it would've
lasted only a few frames of incorrect data.


Not really. An intense extra tropical storm may very well have the
apearence of having a "eye" over hours or days. The low that caused
it may have been born from a tropical system or not. Deep lows that
develope in the Northern Atlantic or Northern Pacific ocean often have
the apearence of having an eye simaler to that of a tropical storm.

One real diffrence between the Eye of a tropical system and an extra
tropical low is that the tropical system will have true closed
circulation. The intense extra tropical low won't .. still bad
though.

The dynamics that cause the appearence of an eye in extra tropical and
tropical storms are diffrent. But haveing said that, either way if
you happen to be in the path, it's bad news.