Hurricane center says 1st tropical storm of season could form today

Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel on Jun 24, 2025

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The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season may get its first named storm of the year, even though the National Hurricane Center says it will be short-lived.

In a special 8:30 a.m. tropical outlook update Tuesday, the NHC said a small gale-force low-pressure system about 900 miles east-northeast of Bermuda in the central subtropical Atlantic had become more organized.

“This system will likely become a short-lived tropical storm later today before more hostile environmental conditions end its opportunity for development by this evening,” forecasters said. “The low is forecast to move northeastward at around 15 to 20 mph while remaining over the open central Atlantic.”

The NHC gave it a 70% chance to develop, up from 50% earlier Tuesday.

If it does spin up into a named system, it could become Tropical Storm Andrea.

In most years, the Atlantic hurricane season has generated at least one storm by this time, more than three weeks into hurricane season. It’s the latest since 2014 that tropical activity hasn’t bred a tracked system. That year, the first tropical depression didn’t form until June 30.

Between 2015 to 2024, though, the first tracked system had already formed by June 1, the first official day of hurricane season.

Despite the late start, the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season is predicted to be above-normal by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The agency predicts 13 to 19 named storms, of which 6-10 will become hurricanes. Three to five of those would grow into major hurricanes of Category 3 strength or higher.

Hurricane season runs through Nov. 30.

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