 After reaching 10 minute sustained winds of 205 km/h (125 mph), Hary weakened slightly due to an eyewall replacement cycle, which resulted in the eye becoming indistinct until it was replaced by a larger outer eyewall.After the new eye formed, the cyclone again intensified, and Hary became a very intense tropical cyclone early on March 10, with peak 10 minute winds of 220 km/h (140 mph), according to the MF.It was the first very intense tropical cyclone since Cyclone Hudah in 2000, and made Hary the strongest storm of the season.