Blanca formed from a rare tropical disturbance in the South Atlantic it rapidly developed into Tropical Depression Two on June 9th as Andres formed last month. Blanca over the unusually warm waters near Brazil explosively intensified into Tropical Storm Blanca, and then Hurricane Blanca. Blanca continued to explosively intensify to a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 190 miles per hour and a central pressure of 888 millibars on June 11th. Blanca took a sharp northward turn while it was nearing Brazil and it entered the North Atlantic which already had a few systems active itself on June 15. Blanca maintained its intensity despite being in the Northern Hemisphere now. Blanca encountered a tropical wave coming off of Africa, however its clockwise rotation disrupted and dissipated the tropic