On Wednesday morning, AccuWeather released its forecast, which calls for another active season "with multiple impacts on the United States." The news comes less than two weeks after an unusual and brief tropical disturbance in the Atlantic Ocean signaled that hurricane season isn't all that far away.

An average season brings 14 named storms and seven hurricanes, three being major, according to CSU records; 9 hurricanes, 3 major predicted in 2025.

Phil Klotzbach, a researcher at Colorado State University, said that this year’s season was likely to be an above-average — but not hyperactive — one. In his team’s annual forecast Thursday, the researchers said they expected a hectic season of 17 named storms,