Tropical Storm Andrea tracker: First named storm of 2025 forms in Atlantic
Editor's Note: Andrea has weakened into a post-tropical cyclone. Click here for the latest update on June 25.
Tropical Storm Andrea became the first tropical storm of the season in the Atlantic on June 24, according to the National Hurricane Center, although it could have a short life span.
As of Tuesday morning, the storm is spinning in the open Atlantic Ocean, traveling away from the mainland United States. While the storm itself isn't a major safety concern, it marks the first named storm of what's expected to be a busy and dangerous Atlantic hurricane season.
Andrea was centered about 1,205 miles west of the Azores with maximum sustained winds near 40 mph with higher gusts. The hurricane center said weakening is expected to begin by Tuesday night, June 24, with Andrea "dissipating by Wednesday night."
Hurricane center forecasters said the storm is moving toward the east-northeast at 17 mph, a pace that is quickly taking it into cooler waters and conditions that will be "increasingly hostile" to storms. That motion is expected to continue for the next day or so.
2025 hurricane season's first storm shows up late
Although it's expected to be a busy hurricane season in the Atlantic, the 2025 season is getting off to a bit of a late start. On average, the first Atlantic named storm forms on June 20, said Phil Klotzbach, a senior research scientist in the atmospheric science department at Colorado State University. Klotzbach is among the seasonal hurricane outlook experts who predicted a busier than average season.
Activity in the upper atmosphere has been contributing to storm activity in the eastern Pacific and contributing to winds helping to keep storms tamped down in the Atlantic, meteorologists have said. For now, the Climate Prediction Center's long-range outlook shows that pattern could continue for a couple of weeks.
The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 through Nov. 30. Ninety-seven percent of tropical cyclone activity occurs during this time period, NOAA said. The peak of the season is Sept. 10, with the most activity happening between mid-August and mid-October, according to the hurricane center.
Tropical Storm Andrea path tracker
This forecast track shows the most likely path of the center of the storm. It does not illustrate the full width of the storm or its impacts, and the center of the storm is likely to travel outside the cone up to 33% of the time.
Tropical Storm Andrea spaghetti models
Illustrations include an array of forecast tools and models, and not all are created equal. The hurricane center uses only the top four or five highest-performing models to help make its forecasts.
NHC also tracking a system in the eastern Pacific
In addition to Andrea, hurricane forecasters are keeping tabs on a "broad area of low pressure" a few hundred miles south of the coast of Guatemala in the eastern Pacific.
The NHC said the system "continues to produce disorganized showers and thunderstorms" and that environmental conditions appear conducive for gradual development.
"A tropical depression is likely to form over the weekend while the system moves slowly west-northwestward off the coast of southern Mexico," the hurricane center said Tuesday.
Hurricane center forecasters give this system a 70% chance of formation through the next seven days.
Pacific storm tracker
This forecast track shows the most likely path of the center of the storm. It does not illustrate the full width of the storm or its impacts, and the center of the storm is likely to travel outside the cone up to 33% of the time.
Gabe Hauari is a national trending news reporter at Paste BN. You can follow him on X @GabeHauari or email him at Gdhauari@gannett.com.