• Researchers are studying tropical waves, areas of low pressure, to understand their role in hurricane development. • Tropical waves originating over the Ethiopian highlands are more likely to develop into hurricanes. • Climate change may be influencing the intensity and timing of tropical waves and the overall hurricane season.

Pull up the National Hurricane Center's daily map and you’ll see whether tropical cyclone activity is expected within the next seven days as the 2025 hurricane season kicks off for North Carolina and other states along the Atlantic Coast.

Twenty years ago, this 7-day outlook might have been unthinkable, but with improvements in satellites and forecast technology, meteorologists now know more than ever about when and where storms form and move. Thanks to high

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