Towering Clouds
	The Trouble With Intensity		The release of latent heat warms the surrounding air, making it lighter and thus promoting more vigorous cloud development. It's believed that rapid bursts of cloud growth, particularly in the eyewall region of hurricanes, may relate to the intensification phase of a storm. It is also interesting to note that due to the intense winds surrounding the eye, clouds are often absent from the center of a hurricane; they're simply thrown out from the center. Animation courtesy NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio