Hurricane Epsilon

E520044

Hurricane Epsilon was a late-season, unusually long-lived and intense December hurricane in the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season that defied forecasts by maintaining strength over cooler waters.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hurricane Epsilon canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 2005 Atlantic hurricane season storm ⓘ
Atlantic tropical cyclone ⓘ
Category 1 Atlantic hurricane ⓘ
December hurricane ⓘ
advisoriesIssuedBy National Hurricane Center ⓘ
affectedLand false ⓘ
alphabetPositionInGreekAlphabet 5 ⓘ
basin Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
classification Cape Verde-type not applicable ⓘ
damage_USD 0 ⓘ
defiedForecasts true ⓘ
didNotMakeLandfall true ⓘ
directDeaths 0 ⓘ
dissipationDate 2005-12-08 ⓘ
extratropicalTransitionDateApprox 2005-12-08 ⓘ
eyeFeatureObserved true ⓘ
formationDate 2005-11-29 ⓘ
formedFrom non-tropical low ⓘ
formedIn central Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
indirectDeaths 0 ⓘ
lateSeasonStorm true ⓘ
latitudeOfFormationApprox about 30°N ⓘ
longitudeOfFormationApprox about 40°W ⓘ
maintainedStrengthOverCoolWaters true ⓘ
maximumSustainedWinds_kmh 140 ⓘ
maximumSustainedWinds_mph 85 ⓘ
minimumCentralPressure_hPa 979 ⓘ
minimumCentralPressure_mbar 979 ⓘ
monthOfPeak December ⓘ
nameRetired false ⓘ
nameReused true ⓘ
nameSource World Meteorological Organization Atlantic hurricane name list ⓘ
notableFor maintaining hurricane strength despite unfavorable conditions ⓘ
persistence over cooler-than-normal sea surface temperatures ⓘ
occurredInRecordBreakingSeason true ⓘ
partOf 2005 Atlantic hurricane season ⓘ
peakIntensityCategory Category 1 on the Saffir–Simpson scale ⓘ
recordBreakingSeasonFeature one of record number of storms in 2005 Atlantic season ⓘ
season 2005 Atlantic hurricane season ⓘ
seaSurfaceTemperatureEnvironment cooler than typical for hurricanes ⓘ
shearEnvironment unfavorable ⓘ
stormNumberInSeason 26 ⓘ
stormType hurricane ⓘ
trackRegion open Atlantic ⓘ
transitionedTo extratropical cyclone ⓘ
unusuallyLongLived true ⓘ
usedGreekAlphabetName true ⓘ
year 2005 ⓘ

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