This is the Hurricane Warning
archive of hurricane Epsilon.
The best data available was used
to create this archive, in order to
make it as educational as possible.
Meteorological Analysis
Epsilon originated from a non-tropical area of low pressure. On November 27th,
a gale formed under a non-tropical low that was near a stationary front about
1000 nm east of Bermuda. The surface low of the non-tropical low separated
from the front on the 27th but, was poorly organized as it lacked convection.
That changed on the 29th, when deep convection blew up and wrapped
completely around the center, forming a ring 40 nm across. This indicated
that the surface low had become tropical storm Epsilon. Like Delta, it had winds
above 40 mph already so it skipped the depression phase. Epsilon moved WSW
under a ridge at first, and the environment was good for strengthening. A
ragged eye formed on the 30th as winds hit 60 mph. The upper low Epsilon was
in still had some structure at this point, and it pulled Epsilon in a loop on the 1st
ahead of a trough. The upper low weakened though, and the trough pushed
Epsilon NE. On the 2nd Epsilon became a hurricane, 850 nm E of Bermuda.
Epsilon managed to stay south of the storm killing westerlies on the 3rd as it
turned east. A large eye formed at this point. Epsilon reached its peak of
85 mph, as conditions remained favorable. A ridge then slowed Epsilon and
pushed it south. On the 7th, shear finally got Epsilon and Epsilon quickly
became a tropical storm. On the 8th Epsilon continued to weaken and became
a remnant low. The remnant low dissipated on the 9th. Epsilon was the 6th
December hurricane in Atlantic history.
Casualty and Damage Overview
There were no reports of casualties or damage in association with Epsilon.
