Three named storms have formed so far this season, and experts are tracking a disturbance that could become the fourth.

Because of the potential for such warm ocean waters, many tropical waves that develop into storms have a higher probability of bringing stronger winds and heavier rainfall. This is why, despite the slow start to the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, many experts are still forecasting a highly active summer.

It's not that often we see a hurricane name so early in the alphabet that we haven't seen anywhere before on Earth. Such is the case with Dexter in the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season.

National Hurricane Center watches a potential disturbance off coast that could bring more rain to northern Gulf Coast.

It’s a new day, and an unfamiliar tingle of hope is in air. But we must beware the trend of backloaded hurricane seasons.

While environmental conditions were marginally conducive for some development, forecasters said development would be slow and the wave is expected to hit conditions that will be unfavorable in the coming days. As of Monday morning, the system had a 20% chance of becoming a tropical depression or storm in the next seven days.

The Atlantic basin has been undergoing a metamorphosis of sorts over the past few weeks, shedding its hostile early season shell for an increasingly conducive look with the hurricane season’s traditional busiest stretch only weeks away.

Saharan dust may be chipping away at the current tropical system, but experts say it usually winds down before August.

The Atlantic hurricane season’s first storms of the year have been short-lived rainmakers. Current conditions suggest July will remain sluggish, but it’s not a trend that will stick around in what’s expected to be an above-average year.

The disturbance was producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms about 1,000 miles east-southeast of the Lesser Antilles as of 7 a.m. Sunday. It was moving west-northwest at about 10 mph, according to the NHC.