NOAA’s GOES East satellite witnessed a rare event in the South Atlantic, as Tropical Depression 01Q strengthened into Tropical Storm Akará on Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024. Tropical cyclonesin this part of the world due to strong wind shear, which disrupts their formation, as well as a general lack of disturbances that may develop into stronger systems.
The storm first began to develop along the trailing edge of a stalled cold front that had been moving northward. According to the, a broad plume of moisture from the tropics began to move south along the coast of Brazil, which then fed into the circulation of the developing tropical disturbance, helping it to intensify.
The GOES East geostationary satellite, also known as GOES-16, keeps watch over most of North America, including the contiguous United States and Mexico, as well as Central and South America, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west coast of Africa.
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