Hurricane Epsilon

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 2005 Atlantic hurricane season storm
Atlantic tropical cyclone
Category 1 Atlantic hurricane
December hurricane
advisoriesIssuedBy National Hurricane Center NERFINISHED
affectedLand false
alphabetPositionInGreekAlphabet 5
basin Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
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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