Second Tropical Cyclone Ever Forms in South Atlantic

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By LiveScience Staff
posted: 11 March 2010 06:00 pm ET


The second ever tropical cyclone to form in the South Atlantic has been spotted about 180 miles off the coast of Brazil.

Tropical cyclones typically don't form in the Southern Atlantic because the waters are usually too cool.

However, forecasters at the Naval Research Laboratory noted on Tuesday that a low pressure system off the coast of Brazil appeared to have tropical storm-force winds. The storm has been dubbed Tropical Storm 90Q.

The first known South Atlantic tropical cyclone (the collective name for tropical storms, hurricanes and typhoons) was seen in 2004 and called "Catarina."



http://www.livescience.com/environment/second-south-atlantic-cyclone-100311.html

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1. I remember the first one and how it shocked everybody

guess it will be the norm now, for awhile, until climate change changes everything again, and again.

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2. How were they spotted before satellite photos?

It's a good thing we have those things up there.

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