south-atlantic

Rare Subtropical Storm Forms off the Coast of Brazil

Dennis Mersereau · 02/07/15 02:20PM

In a rare move yesterday, the Brazilian Navy's weather division declared a swirling storm off the southeastern coast of Brazil (near São Paulo) a subtropical storm named Bapo. Tropical and subtropical cyclones in the South Atlantic Ocean are relatively rare, with only a hundred or so recorded in the past sixty years.