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Today's Discussion
Tropical Storm Zeta Drifting Westward
Posted: 1-JAN-2006 12:00pm EST
Tropical Storm Zeta, which is the 27th named tropical cyclone for 2005, formed in the east-central Atlantic Friday morning. Zeta ties with Alice of 1954 for the latest a tropical storm has formed in the Atlantic basin.
At 11:00 AM AST, Zeta was located near 25.2 north, 38.6 west, or 1,115 miles southwest of the Azores. Maximum sustained winds are 50 mph. Zeta is drifting to the west-southwest at 2 mph. A westerly drift is expected to continue the rest of today and through tonight and then move more northerly tomorrow. The estimated minimum central pressure is 1000 millibars, or 29.53 inches. Zeta is only a threat to shipping interests in the eastern Atlantic. A series of fast-moving, upper-level systems will pass just north of Zeta. Each system should continue to exert some shear on the storm, and that will limit intensification. However, there have been occasional bursts of deep convection near its center. Zeta is a shallow storm, and as a result, the strongest shearing winds are passing above the stronger part of its circulation. When a storm like Zeta intensifies, its circulation extends farther into the atmosphere, where there is stronger shear. The shear then causes the storm to weaken. This strengthening and weakening cycle is somewhat related to the natural tendency for tropical systems to intensify during the late-night and morning hours, then weaken during the midday into the evening hours. Once Zeta interacts with a stronger upper-level system and frontal boundary, it will start to move more to the north on Monday and should then become extra-tropical and become absorbed, or part of the frontal boundary.
source: www.accuweather.com
Today's Discussion
Tropical Storm Zeta Drifting Westward
Posted: 1-JAN-2006 12:00pm EST
Tropical Storm Zeta, which is the 27th named tropical cyclone for 2005, formed in the east-central Atlantic Friday morning. Zeta ties with Alice of 1954 for the latest a tropical storm has formed in the Atlantic basin.
At 11:00 AM AST, Zeta was located near 25.2 north, 38.6 west, or 1,115 miles southwest of the Azores. Maximum sustained winds are 50 mph. Zeta is drifting to the west-southwest at 2 mph. A westerly drift is expected to continue the rest of today and through tonight and then move more northerly tomorrow. The estimated minimum central pressure is 1000 millibars, or 29.53 inches. Zeta is only a threat to shipping interests in the eastern Atlantic. A series of fast-moving, upper-level systems will pass just north of Zeta. Each system should continue to exert some shear on the storm, and that will limit intensification. However, there have been occasional bursts of deep convection near its center. Zeta is a shallow storm, and as a result, the strongest shearing winds are passing above the stronger part of its circulation. When a storm like Zeta intensifies, its circulation extends farther into the atmosphere, where there is stronger shear. The shear then causes the storm to weaken. This strengthening and weakening cycle is somewhat related to the natural tendency for tropical systems to intensify during the late-night and morning hours, then weaken during the midday into the evening hours. Once Zeta interacts with a stronger upper-level system and frontal boundary, it will start to move more to the north on Monday and should then become extra-tropical and become absorbed, or part of the frontal boundary.
source: www.accuweather.com
