Tropical storm in Brazil: where it could go and when this “rare” phenomenon would dissipate.

Everything seems to indicate that tropical storm Akará, which developed in southern Brazil, near Florianópolis, is moving southward and is close to dissipating.

The specialized magazine Estación BCP reported on X that the tropical storm is moving towards southern Brazil with maximum winds of 40/45 knots. “It does not affect the continent“, he underlined.

On the other hand, @WillWeatherRVA reported that Akará “is still monitored as a tropical storm by the Brazilian Navy, but decreasing upper-level support, dry air and cold SSTs have released it from its belief.

“It would be more appropriate to call it a post-tropical cyclone. It is expected to move southwest and dissipate on Thursday,” the same report said.

In the comments, @WilliamPompa1 added that, while Akará may already be post-tropical, “try to develop again”, since “convection is increasing in the eastern part of the center, but not well enough organized”.

For his part, the National Institute of Meteorology of Brazil (INMET) indicates that there is a probability of rain in the southern region in the next few days, but does not mention thunderstorms.

In Florianópolis, unstable weather and many clouds were expected during the day on Tuesday, with temperatures between 29°C and 22°C. The forecast is not expected to change until Friday, with highs on those days of 32°C and lows of 22°C.

A “very rare” phenomenon.

The tropical storm hit the southern coast of Brazil between Sunday night and early Monday morning. It was a “very rare” episode, which has rarely occurred in the 21st century, local meteorological agency MetSul highlighted.

It was said that the storm would always remain in the open sea and without making landfall and everything seems to indicate that this will be the case until it dissipates.

“The system is expected to head south and not into the continent’s interior“MetSul had specified it, and that’s what would be happening now.

The storm’s impact would be felt through high waves, isolated rain showers and, occasionally, localized thunderstorms.

MetSul described Akará as “one of the rare events that occurred on the Brazilian coast in this century”.

The last time a cyclone was named off the coast of Brazil was two years ago with Yakecan, which was classified as a subtropical storm and caused the death of one person in Uruguay and another in Porto Alegre, where more people remained of a million people. power supply.