29, which formed Saturday over the central Caribbean Sea, has strengthened into Tropical Storm Eta, according to the National Hurricane Center. Additional strengthening is forecast, and Eta is expected to become a hurricane by Monday, according to the National Hurricane Center. PREVIOUS UPDATE:The next named storm will be Eta and will be historic if it does develop. Because of this, there is an unnamed 28th storm in the 2005 season. Hurricane season runs through Nov. 30.

Early voting ended Tuesday, so Zeta hasn’t disrupted any voting so far. Early voting ended Tuesday, so Zeta hasn’t disrupted any voting so far. State officials weren’t sure how many of the 336 early voting locations statewide were closed or delayed in opening. ___6:55 a.m.Officials in Georgia say high winds from Tropical Storm Zeta have caused a second death in the South. ___4:00 a.m.A tropical storm warning is in effect in Atlanta as Tropical Storm Zeta makes its way quickly toward the northeast.

ORLANDO, Fla. – It’s all about the extreme heat in Central Florida, at least for two more days. The record high on this date is 92, set in 1980. Thursday’s high could reach 92, but a new front will bring cooler temperatures to the region. We will see one or two showers possible from Friday through the weekend, but it will stay mostly dry and cooler. High temperatures will be in the upper 70s to start next workweek.

Zeta weakened to a Category 1 hurricane with winds of 80 mph (128 kph) as it moved into southern Mississippi few hours after landfall, but forecasters said it remained a life-threatening storm. “Guys, we received the brunt of Zeta, and Zeta gave us a good punch,” McInnis told WDSU-TV. More than 875,000 customers were without electricity in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, including about 350,000 in metro New Orleans. Before landfall, Zeta’s top winds had risen to just shy of a major, Category 3 storm, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. ___Plaisance reported from Laffite, Louisiana, and Santana from Shell Beach, Louisiana.

Expect a high today of 89 in Orlando, well above the average high of 83 for this time of year. The record high in Orlando on this date is 92, set in 1919. Orlando’s yearly rain surplus currently sits at 1.35 inches, although the city is plus-4.36 inches since September 1. Pinpointing the tropicsZeta strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane from a tropical storm Monday and now has winds of 75 mph. Zeta has moved into Cancun and will eventually push into the Gulf of Mexico before making landfall near Louisiana on Wednesday evening.

MIAMI – Hurricane Zeta lashed Mexico’s Caribbean coast resorts around Tulum with high winds and rain Monday night as it headed toward the Yucatan Peninsula and then a possible landfall on the central U.S. Gulf Coast at midweek. It was the second time this month that boat captain Francisco Sosa Rosado had to perform the same maneuver, after Hurricane Delta hit the resort in early October. Trees felled by Hurricane Delta barely three weeks earlier still littered parts of Cancun, stacked along roadsides and in parks. Zeta broke the record for the previous earliest 27th Atlantic named storm that formed Nov. 29, 2005. There was also a Tropical Storm Zeta in 2005, but that year had 28 storms because meteorologists later went back and found they missed one, which then became an “unnamed named storm."

Zeta is moving toward the east-northeast near 55 mph (89 km/h), and this general motion is expected to continue through tonight. On the forecast track, the center of Zeta will emerge over the western Atlantic this evening. Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph (85 km/h) with higher gusts. A sustained wind of 39 mph (63 km/h) and a gust to 46 mph (74 km/h) were recently reported at Ocean City, Maryland. RAINFALL: The last of the heavy rainfall along the track of Zeta will impact the Mid-Atlantic through this evening.

28 formed Saturday, and is expected to strengthen, according to the National Hurricane Center. As of Saturday night, the center of the tropical depression was about 240 miles south-southeast of the western tip of Cuba. The system is expected to become a tropical storm Sunday morning and could become a hurricane by early Tuesday, according to the National Hurricane Center. Here is the 11 a.m. advisory and forecast track for #Epsilon from the National Hurricane Center. 1 Hurricane Epsilon is 785 miles northeast of Bermuda, moving toward the northeast at 24 mph.

ORLANDO, Fla. – There is still about five weeks to go until the official end of hurricane season and it can’t come soon enough. While the 2005 season to date was much more intense in terms of the quality of storms, 2020 is chasing down its quantity record. In 2005, the name Zeta was reached on the Greek Alphabet and 2005 also included a postseason storm, forming after the official end to hurricane season. None of those storms made landfall in the continental U.S., but Puerto Rico was impacted by Tropical Storm Olga in 2007. Going back to the start of record keeping in the late 1800s, only 31 storms of tropical storm force or stronger were active in December.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Don’t be surprised if by next week at this time there are two more named tropical systems in the Atlantic. One disturbance will likely be inconsequential, leaving the U.S. alone, but the other bears a little more watching if it does develop later next week. It will have the potential to organize further as it moves slowly through the Caribbean by the middle of next week. Area to watch next week for possible tropical development. In the 2005 season, Zeta was reached.