NHC flags the first area of interest for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season
The first area of interest in the Atlantic for 2025 was identified by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) on Monday, March 17, 2025, more than 2 months earlier than the official start of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season.
Low pressure system being monitored by NHC as of 05:30 UTC on March 18, 2025. Image credit: GOES-16-East, RAMMB/CIRA, The Watchers
The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season will officially begin on June 1, but forecasters at the NHC are monitoring a newly formed low-pressure system northeast of the Leeward Islands.
According to the NHC, the non-tropical low-pressure system was located approximately 1 125 km (700 miles) northeast of the northern Leeward Islands as of 16:20 UTC on Monday. It was generating gale-force winds and a broad area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms.
As of 04:30 UTC on Tuesday, March 18, the system had a minimum central pressure of approximately 1 007 hPa and was located roughly 1 018 km (633 miles) northeast of northern Leeward islands.
No further development is expected as the system moves northward to northwestward into an environment of strong upper-level winds and dry air on Monday and Tuesday.
“No additional Special Tropical Weather Outlooks are scheduled for this system unless conditions warrant. Regularly scheduled Tropical Weather Outlooks will resume on May 15, 2025, and Special Tropical Weather Outlooks will be issued as necessary during the remainder of the off-season,” the NHC stated.
The system has less than a 10% chance of developing into a tropical storm within the seven days following Monday.
1 Special Tropical Weather Outlook – NHC – March 17, 2025
2 HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA IV – NWS OPC – March 18, 2025
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