Would be Epsilon. Dont know what letter comes after that!

Zeta, Eta, Theta, Iota ...

It should be classified next update. Very obviously a TC or possibly a STC now.

Now chriatened Epsilon and forecast to be a hurricane threatening Bermuda by FRiday

Now chriatened Epsilon and forecast to be a hurricane threatening Bermuda by FRiday

... but now missing Bermuda to the north, Still forecast to be a hurricane on Saturday as it recurves, and making rapid progress in our direction on Sunday as it declines to tropical storm.

#Epsilon has continued to rapidly intensify and now has max winds of 110 mph - the strongest Atlantic #hurricane this far north (29.4°N) this late in the calendar year since Wilma (2005). pic.twitter.com/vCuuhXJj3L

— Philip Klotzbach (@philklotzbach) October 21, 2020

Epislon is really wierd, I mean really really wierd.

Its a TC that has interacted with a large scale baroclinic zone apparantely without detriment.

So you have what looks like a large ET with cold, warm and occluded fronts on top of a small TC. Closest I've seen to this hybrid like structure was Sandy during transition. But this is even wierder because the TC is fully tropical and not transitioning at all.

So we somehow have a cyclone that is capable of intensifying using both barotropic and baroclinic processes simbultaneously?!

Never seen anything like it.

Nice map of rainfall expected from Epsilon in its Atlantic phase

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2020/10/epsilon-now-a-category-1-hurricane-bermuda-under-tropical-storm-warning/

Posted this in the model thread, but it looks like the extratropical remnants of Hurricane Epsilon will pass by to the north west of Scotland around late Tuesday-early Wednesday next week. If it trends southwards, this could be particularly nasty, IMO:

Invest #95L is festering in NW Caribbean. Models aren't going bananas for it, but 1) it's heading toward Gulf/Florida, 2) HMON makes it a #hurricane, & 3) it's in climatologically favored region. (Grannyporn bonus: decaying #EPSILON photobombing in NE corner of image.) pic.twitter.com/YAdHieDXV5

— Josh Morgerman (@iCyclone) October 23, 2020

Not quite TS status yet, but very likely yo become Zeta, passing by the W end of Cuba and curving round to Florida panhandle

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2020/10/disturbance-in-the-western-caribbean-likely-to-become-tropical-storm-zeta/

95L getting more organised. Should be named Zeta perhaps even today

Epislon taking on a 'medicane' like structure as it moves into cold water but still in a low shear environment.

As such the convection is shallower and the higher coriolis force is able to wrap the storm into a smaller tighter structure.

Cold water, imo is not what will kill Epislon, it will be wind shear.

Cold water, imo is not what will kill Epsilon, it will be wind shear. 

But not before Epsilon has injected a lot of energy into the Atlantic to affect the UK this week.

Meanwhile, Zeta has officially been christened in the Caribbean. NHC has its track a little further W than yesterday so it approaches New Orleans as a hurricane on Tue/Wed

While this is an above average hurricane season, the total energy levels released are not exceptionally high because many of the storms have only had fairly short lives before coming ashore. 

The current ACE score is 134.7 which is above average but well below a hyperactive season. That figure will rise further in the next few days to exceed 140. I would expect us to reach at least 150 this season. You need to get to 152.5 for it to be an extremely active season.

By comparison the only other season with as many storms as this year (2005) had an ACE score of 250. The record year is 1933 with 259.

http://tropical.atmos.colostate.edu/Realtime/index.php?loc=northatlantic

Epsilon still a Hurricane so far north!