User:Jason Rees/SATL

Over the years little to no attention has been given to the possibility of tropical cyclogenesis over the South Atlantic by researchers and weather forecasters, as environmental conditions are generally unfavourable for tropical cyclones formation. During March 2004, an extratropical disturbance transitioned into a tropical cyclone, within the southwestern Atlantic Ocean and impacted the Brazilian states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul. As a result, the system received significant attention from the media, researchers and weather forecasters, with the Brazillian press using the designation "Furacao Catarina", which was later presumed by the international press to mean "Hurricane Catarina" and that it had been formally named. The name Aldonca was also widely used by discussion groups and websites for the cyclone before the name Catarina went viral.

On March 12, 2010, in order to avoid confusion in any future references to a rare tropical cyclone that had impacted the Brazilian States of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina, regional weather centres and private weather enterprises of both states decided to unofficially name the system Anita after Anita Garibaldi.

During March 2004, a rare tropical cyclone developed within the Southern Atlantic, about 1010 km to the east-southeast of Florianópolis in southern Brazil. As the system was threatening the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, a newspaper used the headline "Furacão Catarina," which was presumed to mean "furacão (hurricane) threatening (Santa) Catarina (the state)". However, when the international press started monitoring the system, it was assumed that "Furacão Catarina" meant "Cyclone Catarina" and that it had been formally named in the usual way. A naming list was subsequently set up by the Brazilian Navy Hydrographic Center with various names taken from that list between 2011 and the present day. During March 12, 2010, public and private weather services in Southern Brazil, decided to name a tropical storm Anita in order to avoid confusion in future references. A naming list was subsequently set up by the Brazilian Navy Hydrographic Center with the names Arani, Bapo and Cari subsequently taken from that list during 2011 and 2015.