Fox News' latest hurricane report on March 17 said forecasters at the US National Hurricane Center are monitoring a low pressure area in the Atlantic. The low pressure area has emerged as the Atlantic hurricane season has yet to begin. The Atlantic hurricane season began on June 1.
The National Hurricane Center's bulletin states that the non-tropical depression is currently about 1,100km northeast of the northern Leeward Islands. This low pressure is causing strong gusts of wind in a large area, causing showers and thunderstorms.
US weather forecasters expect the low to be unlikely to develop further as it moves north and northwest into an environment with strong upper winds and dry air throughout the night of March 17 and throughout March 18.
The forecasters of the US National Hurricane Center assess the possibility of this low pressure area strengthening into a tropical depression or storm in the next few days as very low.
The only storm to appear in March in the Atlantic Ocean recorded historically occurred in 1908: Hurricane One.
Hurricane No. 1 formed northeast of Puerto Rico and moved unusually southwest. The movement of Typhoon No. 1 is very rare for storms and tropical depressions in the Atlantic basin. The formation of a typhoon in March is also very unusual.
The No. 1 storm strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane at its peak, then made landfall in Saint Kitts and Nevis. Since Typhoon No. 1 occurred before the satellite era, meteorologists at that time could only determine that the direction of the storm was targeting Saint Kitts and Nevis due to strong wind changes and reduced pressure on the islands.
The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30 each year, with the most active season from August to October. According to the US National Hurricane Center, the peak of the hurricane season is September 10, with the most active storms occurring from mid-August to mid-October.
According to the regular hurricane forecast schedule, the US National Hurricane Center will release a May 15 forecast and provide tropical weather forecasts, especially when necessary, for the remainder of the off-season.
A tropical storm will be named when sustained winds reach 62 km/h and become a typhoon when winds reach 119 km/h.
A typical Atlantic hurricane season has an average of 14 tropical storms, including seven that strengthened into hurricanes, based on weather data from 1991 to 2020.
Atlantic hurricane names are arranged in letter-shaped order. There are no names that start with Q, U, X, Y or Z because few names start with these letters, according to USA Today.
The list of storm names for the 2025 hurricane season released by the US National Hurricane Center includes: Andrea, Barry, Chantal, Dexter, Erin, Fernand, Gabrielle, Humberto, Imelda, Jerry, Karen, Lorenzo, Melissa, Nestor, Olga, Pablo, Rebekah, Donald Donald Donald, Van, Wendy.
