The season is expected to be above average due to a "confluence of factors, including continued ENSO-neutral conditions, warmer than average ocean temperatures, forecasts for weak wind shear, and the potential for higher activity from the West African Monsoon, a primary starting point for Atlantic hurricanes," NOAA said in a media release.

The 2025 projection comes as local forecasting offices across the country are grappling with Trump’s sweeping federal cuts.

With hurricane season just days away, federal forecasters have just released their long-range outlook.The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season officially begins Sunday, June 1, and runs through Sunday, Nov.

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Debuting next season’s kit in the season’s final weeks is not a recent development. Arsenal often do it, and it was even happening back in 1987, when Tottenham Hotspur wore the following season’s shirt during their FA Cup final against Coventry City. Spurs lost.