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Tropical Storm Zeta was a late-developing tropical storm over the central Atlantic which formed after the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season had officially ended, and continued into January. It extended the record number of storms in a season to twenty-eight.

Zeta developed late on December 29 and headed to the west. Throughout the storm's lifetime, the National Hurricane Center continually predicted it would weaken rapidly. Like the previous tropical cyclone Hurricane Epsilon, Zeta defied these predictions. The storm reached its peak strength on January 2, 2006 before finally dissipating on January 6. As Zeta never approached land there was no impact from the storm.

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