Hurricane Epsilon
Epsilon was a tropical storm on November 29 and it had
developed from an extratropical storm in the Central Atlantic Ocean. As
Tropical Storm Delta formed Epsilon gained strength and reached some tropical
storm characteristics. At this moment Epsilon was as close to land ad it would
be and was still way off the Eastern coast of Bermuda. On the 1st of
December it weakened and was predicted to dissipate in the near future. The
next day Epsilon regained its previous strength plus more. It had reached
hurricane status of cool waters. It was at hurricane stature for several days
and crept slowly east then started southward over the Atlantic Ocean. Epsilon
did all of this while enduring cool waters and high wind shear, normally
non-hurricane conditions. It returned to a tropical storm state on the 7th
of December, and the following day weakened rapidly to a tropical depression.
This storm had outlasted predictions and forecasts many times. At one point,
Epsilon was believed to have dropped to a tropical storm but was still at
hurricane strength to everyone’s surprise. Stumbling forecasters and scientists
alike, Epsilon broke records and was the 14th hurricane of the 2005
Atlantic season.