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.

While CSU researchers said La Niña conditions are expected to end within the next couple of months, making way for a transitionary period characterized by neutral conditions, there is still "considerable uncertainty" around what conditions will be present during the peak of the 2025 season.