Aqua satellite spots rare Southern Atlantic sub-tropical storm
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 15:31
in Earth & Climate
NASA's Aqua satellite spotted some strong convection in a recently formed low pressure area that strengthened into Sub-Tropical Storm Arani in the South Atlantic. Arani formed near the coast of Brazil and is now moving away from it. Tropical cyclones in the Atlantic are a rare occurrence and since 2004 there have only been three of them, Arani being the third.