Tropical Storm Andrea forms, becomes 1st named storm of Atlantic hurricane season
Tropical Storm Andrea forms, becomes 1st named storm of Atlantic hurricane season
The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season got its first named storm of the year, even though the National Hurricane Center says it will be short-lived.
The NHC began advisories on Tropical Storm Andrea after 10 a.m. located about 1,205 miles west of the Azores moving east-northeast at 17 mph with sustained winds of 40 mph. Tropical-storm-force winds extend out 45 miles.
“Little change in strength is expected today. Weakening is expected to begin tonight, with Andrea dissipating by Wednesday night,” forecasters said.
The next advisory won’t be until 5 p.m. ET.
The system had looked like it would die out without formation as it moved east in the central subtropical Atlantic 900 miles east-northeast of Bermuda, but then the NHC said in a special 8:30 a.m. tropical outlook that the small gale-force low-pressure system was becoming more organized.
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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