Darrenezekielgo Darrenezekielgo Science Answered Winds in a hurricane blow a counterclockwise direction (the direction opposite the way o’clock runs). The calm center of the storm is called the (1) __________________. A wall of dense thunderclouds called the (2) ______________ surrounds the eye.(3) _______________are long bands of rain clouds that spiral around the storm. Hurricanes can be hundreds of miles across.