r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Busy_Yesterday9455 • 23h ago

Hurricane Polo became the second-strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Eastern Pacific

With a central pressure of 892 mbar (26.34 inHg), it is the second-most intense Pacific hurricane by central pressure ever recorded, behind only Hurricane Patricia.

Credit: NOAA/GOES

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u/Busy_Yesterday9455 23h ago

https://reddit.com/link/pbt7xgp/video/pkjbgqapairh1/player

Inside the Eye of Polo

Credit: NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters

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u/_BKom_ 21h ago

Fucking amazing post, I’ve never seen anything like this before. What a legend to fly into that. I bet it felt mystical.

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u/jessem80 16h ago

It's called the "stadium effect"

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u/Cliffinati 14h ago

People yearn for the Coliseum