Tropical Storm Epsilon slightly stronger in central Atlantic
Tropical Storm Epsilon continues to spin in the central Atlantic, the latest in what has been a very active hurricane season.
The storm had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph, up slightly from when it formed yesterday. Additional strengthening was expected and Epsilon was forecast to be at or near hurricane strength by early Thursday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
The storm was centered Tuesday morning about 710 miles southeast of Bermuda and was moving east-northwest at 8 mph, forecasters said, adding the storm was then expected to take a more northwestward track as it approaches Bermuda by Thursday.
This year’s hurricane season has had so many storms that the Hurricane Center has turned to the Greek alphabet for storm names after running out of official names.
Epsilon also represents a record for the earliest 26th named storm, beating out Nov. 22 in 2005, according to Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach.