http://www.livescience.com/environment/second-south-atlantic-cyclone-100311.html11 March 2010
The second ever tropical cyclone to form in the South Atlantic has been spotted about 180 miles off the coast of Brazil.
Tropical cyclones typically don't form in the Southern Atlantic because the waters are usually too cool.
However, forecasters at the Naval Research Laboratory noted on Tuesday that a low pressure system off the coast of Brazil appeared to have tropical storm-force winds. The storm has been dubbed Tropical Storm 90Q.
The first known South Atlantic tropical cyclone (the collective name for tropical storms, hurricanes and typhoons) was seen in 2004 and called "Catarina."
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