Tropical Storm Iba - Unusual S.Atlantic cyclone off coast of Brazil

[Jo Farrow]

 https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/32569 

Edited March 25, 2019 by Jo Farrow
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[Jo Farrow]

 

Well outside of usual warning areas. http://www.inmet.gov.br/portal/index.php?r=home/page&page=notas_tecnicas 

"The expression "Iba" means "bad" in Tupi-Guarani."

 

[Jo Farrow]

Could be an interesting storm to watch, reading about hurricane Catarina from 2004 Analysis - https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/10.1175/MWR3330.1 

"Furthermore, we suggest that geographical constraints and the 26.5°C SST threshold no longer accurately describe the subset of systems whose nature is now known to be undeniably tropical." 

[karyo]

1 hour ago, Jo Farrow said:

Could be an interesting storm to watch, reading about hurricane Catarina from 2004 Analysis - https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/10.1175/MWR3330.1 

"Furthermore, we suggest that geographical constraints and the 26.5°C SST threshold no longer accurately describe the subset of systems whose nature is now known to be undeniably tropical." 

Is it heading towards land or away from it?

[Jo Farrow]

14 minutes ago, karyo said:

Is it heading towards land or away from it?

it seems to be meandering SE, looking for actual Navy link 

 

[Jo Farrow]

Fading a bit https://www.metoc.navy.mil/fwcn/fwcn.html#!/warnings_tropical.html