As the 2005 tropical Atlantic season persists, Epsilon, the 26th named storm, formed this morning. It's located about 14 degrees east of Bermuda in the north central part of the basin and its latest satellite- estimated intensity is 45kts and 993mb. It is heading W at 7kts. SST under the system is about 25C and vertical wind shear is about 15kts from the southwest. The forecast is for gradual strengthening (largely owing to decreasing shear), perhaps reaching hurricane status within the next couple of days, then transitioning to an extratropical cyclone. It is expected to drift westward for the next 1-2 days, the zip off to the ENE as it gets caught up in the mid-latitude westerlies. As an aside, Delta became an extratropical cyclone and hit the northwest coast of Africa and the Canary Islands as a very potent storm. It was a named tropical storm for 5 days. The NTC for 2005 is now 257%. The season has not been one to break records, it has been one to shatter them. As most of you know, I send out a season summary each year at the end of the season. I still plan on doing this, but it probably won't come out on Dec 1. Eventually...
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