Topic: Colorado State University’s Tropical Meteorology Project

Citing above average sea surface temperatures, the Colorado State University forecast for 2025 predicts 17 named storms, with 9 becoming hurricanes.

As the 2024 hurricane season enters its final stretch the Cayman Islands can expect some rainfall and rough seas starting over the weekend and into early next week.

Two systems currently churning in the Atlantic basin have been marked for development in the coming days with forecasters saying one area, located in the central tropical Atlantic, could possibly intensify into a hurricane.

The recent calm in the Atlantic basin could change in the coming weeks as forecasters say global models have detected "a robust signal for a tropical cyclone emerging from the western Caribbean in 8–12 days".

While the last couple of weeks have been the quietest period during a hurricane season in nearly 56 years, forecasters say they expect this lull in storm activity to change by mid-month.

The Atlantic basin looks set to remain free of hurricane cyclone activity through to month's end, however forecasters say conditions are projected to pick up in early September.