Tropical Storm Zeta
Tropical Storm Zeta was a very late -developing storm that formed more than four weeks after the official end of the Atlantic hurricane season 2005 on the Mid-Atlantic and into January 2006 had stock. It was the twenty-eighth tropical storm of the season, in any other year since the start of systematic weather records more tropical storms were recorded in the Atlantic Ocean.
Zeta developed on December 29 and first moved to the west. During his lifetime the National Hurricane Center (NHC ) predicted that the storm will put quickly. Zeta did not abide by these predictions and reached on January 2, 2006, the largest intensity. The system was not disbanded until January 6 to have jeopardized without land areas.
Storm History
Late on December 29, 2005, a tropical depression in the eastern Atlantic Ocean developed from a frontal trough and was early December 30 to a tropical storm. Since this happened more than four weeks after the official end of the hurricane season, the National Hurricane Center noted the system in the operational only after it had intensified to a tropical storm. Initially, the system moved towards the northwest, but came to a halt on December 31, before he waved to the west. He intensified and reached sustained wind speeds of 95 km / h As with the earlier storm, Hurricane Epsilon, the NHC predicted the time that the system would slow down due to strong wind shear, but Zeta retained the strength, as did also Epsilon.
The tropical storm weakened on January 2, first slightly, before he once again stepped up and with wind speeds of 100 km / h reached its greatest strength. One of the computer models showed that would reinforce Zeta further and become a hurricane, but this did not happen. However, Zeta was rebellious against the predictions of the NHC in terms of mitigation and on January 4, the growing frustration of meteorologists to a finding by Lixion Avila, " I run out of things to say ." The wind shear called Zeta finally late on January 4, the tribute from, and the convection of the tropical storm began to die. As a result, Zeta weakened to a minimal tropical storm, but the NHC continued to overestimate the speed at which zeta would dissolve, was graded as early in the morning of the 5th of January Zeta operational as tropical depression, which later proved to be a mistake. Zeta continued on his way north- north-westerly direction away, just as the status of a tropical storm and was holding disorganized again. Zeta weakened the next day first in a tropical depression off and broke up during the day into a remnant low on, so that the 2005 season was finally over on January 6, 2006. The remnant low could still be traced another day before it is about 1060 kilometers southeast of Bermuda dissolved completely.
Effects
The motor ship Liberty Star sent several measurements of Zetas wind speeds, including one in the morning of December 31, when the ship was 75 km north of the storm center identified a wind speed of 65 km / hr.
Zeta has no time endangered any coasts, so that no storm warning has been issued. In connection with the storm no property damage or personal injuries were reported.
Weather Records
When Tropical Storm Zeta formed on December 31 at 6:00 UTC clock, which was the zweitspäteste cyclone genesis that was ever observed in the Atlantic basin hurricane - Hurricane Alice was only a few hours later on the last day of the calendar year. Zeta is next to Alice, the only known Atlantic hurricane that existed in two different calendar years. With a duration of seven days - six of them in 2006 - Zeta is the longest- lasting recorded in the month of January storm. With the emergence Zetas on the last day of the year the record of most Atlantic hurricanes has increased to 28 per season storms - the previously valid peak of the Atlantic hurricane season in 1933 was 21 storms.