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Not so

Fox — 9/6/2004 6:24:02 PM (archived)

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/57478main_hurricane_catarina_516_387.jpg

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Catarina hits Brazil

South Atlantic Hurricane breaks all the rules

Pick up any text book on hurricanes and it will tell you that the one place where hurricanes do not occur is the South Atlantic Ocean. The atmosphere does not provide enough spin near the surface to get them started and winds higher in the atmosphere tend to shear off any that do make a start. Hence, it was with some amazement that meteorologists watched the first ever recorded hurricane develop off the coast of Brazil in the last week of March.

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Ivan - Nathan Koren - 9/5/2004 10:53:44 PM
- Great image of Ivan and remains of Frances - Art Martin - 9/7/2004 8:57:36 PM
- Computer models for Ivan - Jeremy - 9/6/2004 4:58:18 PM
  - Where'd You Get This? (n/t) - Mark Eby - 9/6/2004 5:45:05 PM
    - re: Where'd You Get This? - Jeremy - 9/6/2004 8:01:10 PM
      - re: Thanks, Jeremy! - Nathan Koren - 9/7/2004 1:31:52 AM
- Ivan - no hurricane has developed this far south since 1933 (n/t) - Jeremy - 9/6/2004 1:45:04 PM
  - Not so - Fox - 9/6/2004 6:24:02 PM
    - Notice how its spin is clockwise. (n/t) - Lee - 9/8/2004 3:27:38 AM
- SH!! - Mark Eby - 9/6/2004 3:32:22 AM
  - re: SH!! - Nathan Koren - 9/6/2004 7:46:39 AM
  - Sshhhhhhhhhh is right - Lindy - 9/6/2004 7:39:55 AM
  - In all seriousness.... - Gary - 9/6/2004 4:49:40 AM
    - If Florida goes...then so goes the nation. (n/t) - Jeremy - 9/6/2004 1:51:33 PM
      - I doubt that - Gary - 9/7/2004 3:55:05 PM

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