Abstract
AbstractDangerous turbulences were observed in the eyewall of category 5 Hurricane Hugo (1989) and the surface pressure associated with the turbulence was 8 hPa lower than the mean pressure in the eye. In this study, it is demonstrated that small scale, negative pressure perturbations in the tropical cyclone eyewall are associated with the tornado‐scale vortex (TSV) simulated with the large‐eddy simulation technique in a semi‐idealized numerical experiment. The negative pressure perturbation associated with TSVs is nonhydrostatic, dynamically resulting from the shearing effect. As a result, the negative pressure perturbation is linearly correlated with the vertical component of relative vorticity and maximum wind perturbation. Since the TSV is prevalent near the inner edge of the tropical cyclone eyewall, it is suggested that caution should be taken to estimate the central pressure of tropical cyclones with the extremely low pressure observed in the eyewall.
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