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EyeWall Replacement Cycle (EWRC) animation from Hurricane Milton
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It did start out very tight. The original eyewall was only 4 miles in diameter. As it gets closer to florida, the vertical wind shear will spread the storm out, reducing the peak windspeeds, but making it affect a much larger area.
You're comparing a storm that's really just getting started to what you saw of Helene's peak. By the time of landfall they will look more similar.