WMO/CAS/WWW SIXTH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP on TROPICAL CYCLONES Topic 2a: The Catarina Phenomenon Rapporteur:
Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) warmer than 26.5 o C and Environmental Vertical Wind Shear (EVWS, defined as the magnitude of the difference between the 200 and 850 hPa vector winds) lower than 8 m/s offer ideal conditions for Tropical Cyclone (TC) development. Thus it has been accepted that hurrica...
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Summary: | Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) warmer than 26.5 o C and Environmental Vertical Wind Shear (EVWS, defined as the magnitude of the difference between the 200 and 850 hPa vector winds) lower than 8 m/s offer ideal conditions for Tropical Cyclone (TC) development. Thus it has been accepted that hurricanes could not form over the South Atlantic Ocean due to the very intense climatological vertical wind shear |
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