Atlantic tropical storm forms, 27th of 2005
Zeta comes as a surprise after record hurricane season
Updated: 1:25 p.m. ET Dec. 30, 2005
MIAMI - A month after the hurricane season officially ended, a new tropical storm formed Friday in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, the National Hurricane Center reported.
Tropical Storm Zeta formed about 1,000 miles southwest of the Azores islands, according to an advisory posted on the center’s Web site.
It was not likely to threaten land, hurricane center forecaster Martin Nelson said. “We believe this will be simply a problem for maritime interests,” Nelson said.
Zeta was moving to the northwest at 8 mph, with sustained winds of 50 mph. It could go stronger later Friday, the center stated, but is then expected to weaken on Saturday.
It was not immediately known if this is the latest a tropical storm has formed in the Atlantic. Tropical storms have winds of at least 39 mph, while hurricanes start at 74 mph.
The center defines the Atlantic hurricane season as running from June 1 through Nov. 30, but storms sometimes form before or after that window.
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