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    $\begingroup$ What's the deal with that one solitary hurricane on the eastern coast of South America? $\endgroup$
    – probably_someone
    Commented Aug 31, 2020 at 2:07
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    $\begingroup$ @probably_someone That would be Hurricane Catarina (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Catarina). $\endgroup$
    – BarocliniCplusplus
    Commented Aug 31, 2020 at 2:54
  • $\begingroup$ When you write uneven heating drives most of the climate, do you rather mean it drives most of the weather? $\endgroup$
    – gerrit ♦
    Commented Aug 31, 2020 at 9:30
  • $\begingroup$ @gerrit Well, it arguably drives both weather and climate. Without uneven heating, there would be no global circulation that resembles our own. This changes the pattern of where cyclogenesis may occur, as well as creates more of a boundary for where cyclones may travel. $\endgroup$
    – BarocliniCplusplus
    Commented Aug 31, 2020 at 9:50
  • $\begingroup$ So would it be an accurate analogy to say that a hurricane making landfall is like a rolling ball stopping on a raised ledge? Many balls stopped without the need of that ledge, but the balls that made it to the ledge are statistically likely to be stopped by that increased threshold it now needs to cross? $\endgroup$
    – Flater
    Commented Sep 2, 2020 at 10:21