The verb 'appeared' in the sentence does not have a direct object and is not in the passive voice, which means it is an 'intransitive complete' verb.
The sentence in question, 'The weather outside appeared deceptively calm in the eye of the hurricane,' does not have a direct object that the verb 'appeared' is acting upon. Therefore, it cannot be a transitive verb. Additionally, 'appeared' does not take a passive voice in this context since the subject ('the weather') is doing the appearing. Considering the options provided, the correct classification would be intransitive complete, where the action of the verb does not transit to a direct object but still presents a complete thought.