An area west of Mexico is being monitored for a possible tropical storm or hurricane next week, as a storm-sparking pulse moves across the Pacific Ocean.

There are some hints in long-range models as to when we may see the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season's first storm, Andrea. Here's when that could happen, where it might form and historical perspective.

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season officially starts June 1 and runs through Nov. 30. The first storm of the season will be Andrea. Other names on the list, Dexter and Jerry, might make you think of popular TV shows “Dexter” and “Seinfeld.” For Disney fans, Wendy and Pablo could stir nostalgia for “Peter Pan” and “Lizzie McGuire.”

For only the sixth time since 1950, no tropical cyclones have formed anywhere in the Northern Hemisphere so far this year.

If it becomes a named system, it would be called Alvin – the first named tropical cyclone anywhere in the Northern Hemisphere this year.

NOAA is forecasting as many as 19 tropical storms this year, including six to 10 hurricanes. Half of those hurricanes could reach “major” strength.

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