The “official” start to summer occurred a few days ago, but Mother Nature is also reminding us that summer is here! The first tropical system of the 2025 season has formed in the north-central Atlantic. Fortunately, this storm will dissipate quickly and pose no major impacts.
As of 11 a.m. AST, Tropical Storm Andrea was located near 36.6 N and 48.9W, or about 1205 miles west of the Azores. Andrea has maximum sustained winds of 40 mph and is moving to the east-northeast at 17 mph. It has a minimum central pressure of 1014 mb, or 29.95 inches.
Tropical Storm Andrea will continue to move to the east-northeast for the rest of today into early Wednesday. The environment will become increasingly hostile over the next few days. This is due to cooler sea surface temperatures, increasing winds and dry air mixing throughout the atmosphere. This will keep Andrea as a low-end tropical storm today, before weakening into a post-tropical system by Wednesday morning. It will quickly dissipate shortly thereafter.
Andrea will only move over open waters and pose no threat to land and only small impacts on shipping lanes in the Atlantic.
WeatherBug partnered with meteorologists from AEM have predicted an above-average 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. The team has predicted 14 to 20 named storms, six to ten of those becoming hurricanes and three to five of those becoming major hurricanes with sustained winds of at least 111 mph. Between 1991 and 2020, the Atlantic Hurricane Basin produced an average of 14.4 named storms, 7.2 hurricanes and 3 major hurricanes per year.
With the tropical season heating up, it’s time to prepare for the season. Start organizing portable phone chargers, a radio, batteries, non-perishable food, water and blankets into an evacuation kit now. While fair weather is in your area, take the opportunity to scout out multiple evacuation routes from your area, in case your preferred route is traffic-jammed or blocked.
Check with WeatherBug throughout the season for the latest on the tropics.