Originally inhibited by changes in wind speeds and directions – also known as wind shear – the system was slow to develop. Zeta originated in the western Caribbean from a broad area of low pressure. With several weeks still left in the 2020 hurricane season, 2020 is expected to surpass this previous record for most named storms in one season. The 2020 season is also only the second time in recorded history (the other being 2005) that the Greek alphabet has been used because the number of named storms has exceeded the number of regular names on the list. Tropical Storm Zeta is the 27th named storm of 2020, which ties the record with 2005 for the most named storms. As Zeta makes landfall along the northern Gulf Coast, it’s the 7th named storm to do so in this record-breaking season, following Tropical Storm Cristobal, Hurricane Laura, Tropical Storm Marco, Hurricane Sally, Tropical Storm Beta, and Hurricane Delta. Zeta is following a path similar to Hurricane Delta, which after crossing the Yucatan Peninsula made its way across the Gulf of Mexico and struck the Louisiana coast as a Category 2 hurricane on October 9. Gulf Coast, NASA has eyes on the storm with an array of Earth-observing instruments and stands ready to aid affected communities with critical data and analysis. Credit: NASA’s Earth Observatoryīy Jacob Reed, NASA Earth Applied Sciences Disaster ProgramĪs Tropical Storm Zeta makes landfall on the U.S. Cameras mounted on the International Space Station captured video footage of the storm (below) just before 1 p.m. A natural-color image of Hurricane Zeta (above) was acquired in the late morning on October 28, 2020, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite.
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