Tropical Storm Andrea tracker: 1st named storm of the 2025 season forms in the Atlantic
Andrea has become the first named storm of the hurricane season to form in the Atlantic Ocean, the National Hurricane Center announced Tuesday.
According to the latest update from the NHC, Andrea is located about 1,205 miles west of the Azores, an archipelago in the mid-Atlantic.
'Andrea is moving toward the east-northeast near 17 mph (28 km/h), and this motion is expected to continue for the next day or so,' meteorologists said.
Andrea is currently a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds near 40 mph. It would become a hurricane if it gains maximum sustained winds of 74 mph or greater.
It will be a 'short-lived' tropical storm, according to forecasters. 'The intensity forecast holds Andrea at tropical storm strength today, with the system weakening into a post-tropical remnant low by Wednesday morning because of the cold waters and dissipating shortly thereafter,' the hurricane center said.
It is expected to weaken beginning Tuesday night and dissipate by Wednesday night, according to the NHC.
There are currently no hazards affecting land, and no current coastal watches or warnings in effect.
Hurricane season runs from June 1 through Nov. 30, according to the NHC. 'The first named storm typically forms in mid- to late June, the first hurricane tends to form in early to mid-August, and the first major hurricane forms in late August or early September,' the hurricane center says.
Meanwhile, in the eastern Pacific Ocean, there has been a flurry of activity with a total of five named storms before the third week of June.
Alvin was the first named tropical storm of 2025 formed in the Pacific at the end of May.
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