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03/21/2025, 12:00 pm EDT

Summary of Initial 2025 North Atlantic Basin TC Seasonal Outlook

The Climate Impact Company 2025 North Atlantic basin tropical cyclone season will maintain the 2016-24 active period. However, the 2025 forecast is slightly below the 2016-24 average activity except for the number of intense hurricanes. The forecast is slightly above the longer-term climatology.
03/20/2025, 8:05 am EDT

Soaking Wet Australia Pattern Ahead!

A wet pattern remains in the forecast for Australia into early April. Upper air forecasts feature a semi-persistent upper trough across northwest continent. The upper trough produces instability coupled with warm SSTA surrounding the continent a regime develops capable of producing widespread heavy and consistent rains across much of Australia.
03/19/2025, 8:35 am EDT

Focused on Dry/Drought Threat in U.S.

A gigantic swath of high wind and attendant Red Flag Warnings are issued this morning extending from the Great Plains and Texas to the Ohio and Tennessee Valley(s). The expansive high wind event is extremely effective at drying soil conditions. The evaporative drought demand index (EDDI) is highlighting the Midwest, Southeast, and Southwest as areas of potential drought development or strengthening of existing drought.
03/18/2025, 4:21 am EDT

Drought Expansion Likely in Europe to the Black Sea Region for the 2025 Warm Season

A primary concern is whether presence of dry-to-drought conditions across the eastern half of Europe to Southwest Russia and the Black Sea region will worsen mid-to-late spring and summer. The outlooks support intensification as the presence of upper-level ridging to warm and dry this region well-supported by the correlating SSTA forecasts.