Akala…I'm looking up the name.
Forecasters are currently tracking a system known as Tropical Storm Acala off the coast of Brazil. The storm, which formed on Monday and is a rare tropical cyclone, is located in an area of the Atlantic Ocean where tropical cyclones do not normally form.
The newspaper reported Sunday that the tropical storm is heading south, about 260 nautical miles southeast of Ajaial de Cabo. brazilian navy. Ajaial de Cabo is a coastal town in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. (Related: Powerful hurricanes and drought season could be on the way, thanks to La Niña)
The storm brought heavy rain to parts of South America before pushing offshore, but its trajectory poses no threat to the continental mainland.The storm continues to organize and strengthen, with wind speeds exceeding 40 mph, according to NOAA Meteorological Satellite Research Collaborative Research Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
This is the first named storm in the South Atlantic Basin From 2022 onwardsand the last one is Subtropical Storm Yakekan.
of British Met Office The system is described as “unusual” because hurricanes are extremely rare in the South Atlantic. In fact, he is the only one that has existed off the coast of South America throughout the modern satellite era, according to NOAA. It dates back to March 2004. Category 1 Hurricane Katrina It hit southern Brazil.
#goeseast True Color RGB during the day + Microphysics RGB at night showing a tropical cyclone #Akara Because it was formed off the southeast coast, #Brazil February 19, 0000 UTC – For more information, visit the CIMSS Satellite Blog. https://t.co/0MaBeIERTs pic.twitter.com/YXJ1JtPrf2
— University of California Madison CIMSS (@UWCIMSS) February 19, 2024
Is a hurricane developing? …Let's take a look.
