08-31-2016, 05:21 AM
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Originally posted by terracore
The same thing happened with Darby. There was a nasty wind/rain that came through about 12 hours before Darby approached. It was actually more wind and rain than we saw from Darby itself.
That's because when the eye of a storm passes some distance away, the effects you get are mostly from the outer bands of the storm which can be hundreds of miles from the eye (and not necessarily circular, since storms are often asymmetrical).