Despite its unusual location and wide wind field , the system had a well-defined centre convecting around a warm core—the hallmark of a subtropical storm Catastrophe .

Eventually , a well-defined eye became Becoming visible on satellite imagery .

Moving Motion westward , it quickly organized Arranging and developed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale a well-defined eye .

Warm waters allowed Preventing_or_letting Hellen to rapidly intensify Cause_change_of_strength while passing Motion_directional south of the Comoros , with a well-defined eye forming Coming_to_be in the middle of the thunderstorms .

Manou developed Coming_to_be a well-defined eye and reached Arriving peak winds only 19 km ( 12 mi ) from the eastern Madagascar coastline .

On August 22 , Bonnie was upgraded Cause_to_make_progress to a hurricane Catastrophe , with a well-defined eye .

The system had a well-defined eye and continued Process_start to track Self_motion west-southwestward , maintaining Preserving a central pressure of 930 hPa ( 27 inHg ) and a Dvorak intensity of T6.5 into the evening .

Despite the shear , the storm maintained Preserving a well-defined wind circulation for several days , with intermittent bursts of thunderstorms near its center .

That day , favorable conditions facilitated Cause_to_make_progress more rapid strengthening Cause_change_of_strength ; the storm developed Coming_to_be a well-defined eye and reached Achieve peak maximum sustained winds of 195 km/h ( 120 mph ) .

Later that afternoon , Felicia featured a well-defined eye as its winds sharply rose Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale to major hurricane-force Attack on the Saffir–Simpson scale .

After turning Motion southwest , Joy developed Coming_to_be a well-defined eye and strengthened Cause_change_of_strength to maximum sustained winds Motion of while approaching Arriving Cairns in Far North Queensland .

After uneventfully crossing Motion_directional the Atlantic Ocean , the system developed Coming_to_be a well-defined circulation while in the Caribbean Sea on September 20 and was then classified Check as a tropical depression .

The fourth tropical cyclone Catastrophe and third hurricane Catastrophe of the season , the storm Catastrophe originated Coming_to_be from a well-defined low-pressure area in the open Atlantic Ocean on August 26 .

The storm Catastrophe later reached Achieve hurricane Catastrophe strength Cause_change_of_strength and formed Coming_to_be a well-defined eye that lasted only 12 hours before the eye rapidly lost Earnings_and_losses organization for unknown reasons , though the post-season report Reporting on the storm Catastrophe mentions the possibility that its high speed caused Causation the eye to dissipate Dispersal .

Two days later , the well-defined eye approached Arriving northeastern Honduras but veered Self_motion to the northwest .

The fourth named storm Catastrophe of the 1961 Atlantic hurricane season , Debbie originated Coming_to_be from a well-defined tropical disturbance that was first identified Check in late August over Central Africa .

The hurricane Catastrophe continued to strengthen Cause_change_of_strength while developing a well-defined eye , and peaked Self_motion as a Category 4 hurricane on September 11 .

However , upon emergence into the western Caribbean Sea , it was once again designated Choosing as a tropical depression after a well-defined circulation was observed Perception_active on satellite imagery .