Consider the following statements At the center of a mature tropical cyclone air rises rather than s...........

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Consider the following statements

At the center of a mature tropical cyclone, air rises rather than sinks.
Only some cyclones develop an eye.
The temperature inside the eye of a cyclone is nearly 10 degree Celsius lesser than that of the surroundings.

Select the correct statement.

2 only

1&2 only

All of the above

3 only

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Explanation:

At the center of a mature tropical cyclone, air sinks rather than rises. For a sufficiently strong storm, air may sink over a layer deep enough to suppress cloud formation, thereby creating a clear “eye”.

Extra-tropical cyclones may not always have an eye, whereas mostly mature storms have well developed eye. Rapidly intensifying storms may develop an extremely small, clear, and circular eye, sometimes referred to as a pinhole eye.
It is warmer and not colder for a tropical cyclone. The warmer temperature is what drives the storm.

Hence only statement 2nd is correct.