Colorado State University, a school renowned for its hurricane research, said it expects “above-normal” tropical activity this year. The early-season prediction, released Thursday, stems from warm sea-surface temperatures, and the potential for conditions that kindle tropical activity.

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.

Colorado State University forecasters in an early prediction said on Thursday the upcoming 2025 hurricane season would be above average with four major hurricanes out of nine hurricanes among 17 named storms,