Rare Hurricane To Make Landfall in Brazil

accuweather ^ | 3/27/04 | Accuweather

[Lokibob]

 

Rare Hurricane To Make Landfall in Brazil

Contrary to what other news sources have been reporting, the rare hurricane in the Southern Atlantic has NOT made landfall Saturday and is still off the coast of southern Brazil. AccuWeather believes the hurricane will make landfall near Torres on the coast of southern Brazil within the next 24 hours, most likely during the wee hours of Sunday morning, local time. Torres is a small town right on the coast, separating the states of Rio Grande do Sul to the south and Santa Catarina to the north.

 

The exact strength of the hurricane is unknown, but based on satellite data and the presence of a well-defined eye, it is at least a Category 1 hurricane. A typical Category 1 hurricane causes winds of 74-95 mph and a storm surge of 4-5 feet. For the latest accurate information on this hurricane, stay tuned to AccuWeather.com

 

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Update from yesterdays post: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1105494/posts

[Lokibob]

In southern hemisphere, a hurricane rotates clockwise. That is why the picure look strange.

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks for the information. From what I understand, you can find the exact point of the equator by pouring water down a funnel. It rotates opposite directions in the northern and southern hemispheres. I believe that you can run tests within fifty or less feet of each other, with the water circulating in opposing direction in each example.

[John H K]

From what I understand, you can find the exact point of the equator by pouring water down a funnel. It rotates opposite directions in the northern and southern hemispheres. I believe that you can run tests within fifty or less feet of each other, with the water circulating in opposing direction in each example.

Nope. 1000% wrong. Urban legend. Local sharpies on the equator in South America and Africa exploit this by ripping off tourists pretending to "demonstrate" this effect."

On a small scale the Coriolois effect is too weak to effect something like water going down a drain or toilet.

Which way the water rotates when it drains, will be determined by the overall shape of the container, tiny imperfections in the shape of the container, or left-over currents from when the container is filled.

[Lokibob]

I was going to make a smart remark about how the hurricane resembles the water in the toilet in Australia.

[steveo]

Well this hurricane better not flip anyone off or there'll be trouble!

[NonValueAdded]

Let me be the first to say that it must be Bush's fault.

[DannyTN]

What makes it rare? It's location? The time of the season? Hitting Brazil?

[byteback]

It's Global warming pure and simple. If we had ratified the Kyoto protocol this wouldn't be happening.

[snooker]

You sure it's just not going backwards?

[BushCountry]

I read a news story where officials in Brazil where laughing at this being a hurricane and said the our hurricane centers were crazy. Honest. They said this is nothing but an average storm and no warnings are being issued. I have a bad feeling about this.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

I thought Gore invented the hurricane.

[Jennifer in Florida]

Is this rare because of the time of year? Our hurricane season runs June-November. Wouldn't it be opposite in the southern hemisphere (and hurricane season now) or am I misunderstanding this?

[Almondjoy]

From what I was reading on another news source.. this is the first hurricane ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere since we started tracking them by Satilite back in the 60's.

[COEXERJ145]

From what I was reading on another news source.. this is the first hurricane ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere since we started tracking them by Satilite back in the 60's.

Actually, hurricanes do occur in the Southern Hemisphere every year. Unlike the ones in the North that rotate counterclockwise, the ones in the South rotate clockwise. This hurricane is just in a spot where we've never seen one in the last 50 years but most likely have occurred in the part.

[ServesURight]

Looks like it's headed for Rio de Janeiro, or worse, Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo is the third biggest city in the world, after Tokyo and Mexico City.

[AntiGuv]

What makes it rare? It's location? The time of the season? Hitting Brazil?

This is the first hurricane ever recorded in the South Atlantic.

[AntiGuv]

No hurricane has ever been recorded in the South Atlantic. Period. Hurricanes do occur in the Southern Hemisphere but those are in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Normally, the climate of the South Atlantic is such that wind shear tears storm systems apart long before they could even become tropical storms, much less hurricanes.

[Woodman]

Stranger yet when a hurricane rotates clockwise it's not a hurricane, it's a typhoon. You would hope that Acuweather would know the difference.

[Tax-chick]

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[AntiGuv]

Based on the satellite maps, São Paulo (pop 18.5 million) definitely appears in greater risk than Rio de Janeiro (pop 11.2 million). If it turns south as some of the totally unreliable for this N. Atlantic hurricane model systems indicate, then Pôrto Alegre (pop 3.6 million) seems at the greatest risk for major cities.