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Cool view of all tropical storms over the last 100 years (o.mastodon.au)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I was wondering why South America and Atlantic southern Africa lucked out so much.

Typically, tropical cyclones do not form in the South Atlantic Ocean, due to strong upper-level shear, cool water temperatures, and the lack of a convergence zone of convection.

Now I'm going to go down a rabbit hole about why it's cold, I guess.

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