Tropical Storm Zeta Forms in Atlantic

Posted by Zonk on Saturday December 31, 2005 @10:47AM from the dogs-and-cats-living-together-mass-hysteria dept.

APSR writes "Even though the Atlantic hurricane season official ends on November 30th, more storms can form and still count towards the total for the year! According to MSN.com Weather News, Tropical Storm Zeta was formed in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean on December 30th. This storm extends the record-breaking 2005 season to 27 storms, and it's the 6th storm named using the Greek alphabet. According to Wikipedia, Zeta is the latest a tropical cyclone was formed in the Atlantic, forming around 11 AM ET; this dethrones Hurricane Alice of 1954, which formed December 30th around 2 AM ET. The storm itself will continue to strengthen for 12-24 hours, then weaken; it will not likely make landfall." We've already set records this year, as previously reported.

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Re:Alice? by 10scjed · 2005-12-31 11:34 · Score: 0, Redundant

After the female names run out, they use letters from the Greek alphabet. (alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, ..) Zeta is only the 6th letter, making the 26+6=32nd storm of the year.
Actually, they don't use all the letters a-z, Q U X Y Z are not used. That throws your math off a bit, methinks...
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