It’s not going to be “the storm,” but it should be viewed as a reminder that we are now in the 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season.
We’ve already had two named – Andrea and Barry – storms and we could be looking at a third.
And while the other two posed no threats to the United States, Chantal could be different.
The National Hurricane Center is watching low pressure that is expected to form along a dying frontal system in the far northeast Gulf or just off the northeastern Florida coast.
Once in the Atlantic, the system will find itself over extremely warm waters – considerably warmer than they should be this time of year.
The NHC’s forecast track at this very early point is for the system to drift to the north-northeast. “Drift” isn’t what you want for anything tropical, as that slowness would allow a low pressure to suck in more and more of that warm, humid moisture.
As of Thursday morning, the NHC was forecasting a 60 percent chance of development. That number two days ago was only 20 percent.
So who cares, right?
Well, all boaters should.
No, there won’t be a need for emergency action.
But in a year where every prediction group is calling for more-than-average activity, this system can serve as a continuing wake-up call to have your plan at the ready.
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