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Freak cyclone looms off Brazilian coast
The first cyclone ever recorded in the south Atlantic Ocean is heading towards the coast of Brazil.
Meteorologists have been taken aback by the unusual storm formation.
Never before has a cyclone been recorded in the South Atlantic since the 1960s, when satellites were employed to monitor the weather.
Meteorologists from the National Hurricane Centre in Miami have been stunned and described it as "breaking all the rules".
The Americans are trying to help the Brazilian authorities who have never seen anything like it.
The local media have called the cyclone "Catarina".
Cyclones are common thousands of kilometres north in the Caribbean, but not off the coast of southern Brazil.
The grade one cyclone is moving slowly westward and it could hit the coast in the next 12 hours.
BRAZIL DUBS STORM "CATERINA"........
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It's a fascinating scenario.
Boy guys!
I haven't been on the new site in quite a while (NICE redo, folks!!)...but WOW, what a history making event!
The hubby told me about this one, and it's making press up here in New England on the regional news channel (New England Cable News) as a "Weather FIRST."
I REALLY like the IR channel 2 satellite loop, the "floater" shot up close as the storm has been approaching the coast tonight. Nice find!
This one will be studied for YEARS...and...
could this be a harbinger for OUR hurricane season in the NORTH Atlantic? Only time will tell...
Take care!
--Turtle
I haven't been on the new site in quite a while (NICE redo, folks!!)...but WOW, what a history making event!
The hubby told me about this one, and it's making press up here in New England on the regional news channel (New England Cable News) as a "Weather FIRST."
I REALLY like the IR channel 2 satellite loop, the "floater" shot up close as the storm has been approaching the coast tonight. Nice find!
This one will be studied for YEARS...and...
could this be a harbinger for OUR hurricane season in the NORTH Atlantic? Only time will tell...
Take care!
--Turtle
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Turtle742 wrote:Boy guys!
I haven't been on the new site in quite a while (NICE redo, folks!!)...but WOW, what a history making event!
The hubby told me about this one, and it's making press up here in New England on the regional news channel (New England Cable News) as a "Weather FIRST."
I REALLY like the IR channel 2 satellite loop, the "floater" shot up close as the storm has been approaching the coast tonight. Nice find!
This one will be studied for YEARS...and...
could this be a harbinger for OUR hurricane season in the NORTH Atlantic? Only time will tell...
Take care!
--Turtle
New England Cable News, eh?
This storm hasn't gotten much coverage on WBZ-TV 4, WCVB-TV 5 and WHDH-TV 7?
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