Colorado State University has released its August outlook for the rest of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. Here's what you need to know.

Colorado State University updates its forecast for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season.

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This is everything you need to know about the latest from CSU as we roll into the first bit of the hurricane season.

Hurricane pre-season forecasts are an enormous piece of the preparation puzzle, but how do we carefully take that information and then implement it into a plan for us at home? Why are the pre-season forecasts as important as meteorologists express?

With hurricane season fast-approaching, seasonal outlooks are flying around left and right across social media and your favorite news outlet. We're going to deep dive into how well these forecasts stack up against what the hurricane season actually produces.

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Forecasters at Colorado State University released their prediction for the 2025 hurricane season.

Several times through the hurricane season, meteorologists from Colorado State University update their tropical activity forecasts. The latest revision came early August and still calls for an “extremely active Atlantic hurricane season in 2024.″

CSU revised its forecast for the 2024 hurricane season upward — from 23 named storms to 25 named storms.

Certified meteorologist Jonathan Kegges previews the 2024 hurricane season.

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It's going to be a busy hurricane season -- if this prediction is correct.

Over the next several months, El Niño is expected to rapidly fade. By the summer, La Niña is expected to develop.

The Atlantic hurricane season is transitioning to the Cabo Verde season where tropical waves roll off of Africa and develop in the Central Atlantic.

Colorado State University increases its forecast for the number of named storms this season.

Experts make their predictions for the 2023 hurricane season.

Computer models are starting to hint at the potential for a developing storm in the Gulf of Mexico or southwest Atlantic.

The Atlantic hurricane season has been oddly quiet.

The Atlantic hurricane season has been oddly quiet.

Federal meteorologists say this hurricane season may not be quite as busy as they initially thought, but it should still be more active than normal.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Thursday issued its annual mid-season forecast ahead of the peak of hurricane season.

Forecasters at Colorado State University have increased the number of named storms since their pre-season forecast in April.

With the official start of hurricane season just days away, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its annual outlook.

Forecasters with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association say we’ll see La Niña conditions during the Atlantic hurricane season, which means an active season for storms.

In these outlooks, the NHC will highlight tropical disturbances as having a low, medium or high chance for development over the next two and five days.

Florida could be a hurricane hotspot compared to the rest of the U.S. coastal states.

Colorado State University rereleased an update to its hurricane season forecast which is now predicting 20 named storms.

Fresh off of a record-breaking hurricane season in which 30 named storms formed, another active year is expected, according to Colorado State University hurricane researchers.

Already smashing records, this years hyperactive Atlantic hurricane season is about to get even nastier, forecasters predict. The agency increased the chance of an above average hurricane season from 60% to 85%. Colorado State University, which pioneered hurricane season forecasts decades ago, on Wednesday amped its forecast to 24 named storms, 12 hurricanes and 5 major hurricanes all higher than their June forecast. An average year, based on 1981 to 2010 data, is 12 named storms, six hurricanes and three major hurricanes. There are 21 names assigned to a hurricane season.

ORLANDO, Fla. Already smashing records, this years hyperactive Atlantic hurricane season is about to get even nastier, forecasters predict. Colorado State University, which pioneered hurricane season forecasts decades ago, on Wednesday upped its forecast to 24 named storms, 12 hurricanes and 5 major hurricanes -- all higher than their June forecast. An average year, based on 1981 to 2010 data, is 12 named storms, six hurricanes and three major hurricanes. In May, NOAA had predicted 13-19 named storms, six to 10 hurricanes and three to six of them becoming major hurricanes. Emanuel of MIT pointed to an extra quiet Pacific storm season as another indicator for an active Atlantic.

While weak, it made history as the earliest fifth named storm of the season. Thursday afternoon, Tropical Storm Fay developed off of the Carolina Coast becoming the earliest 6th storm on record. If Fay develops it would become the earliest 6th named storm on record. 2005 hurricane season through 5th named storm. Colorado State University increases forecastTuesday, Colorado State University released its July forecast update for the hurricane season.

ORLANDO, Fla. A new forecast for the tropics has been released and experts think Florida may see an even busier year for hurricanes than first thought. Leading experts at Colorado State University said the United States could see 20 named storms this hurricane season, compared to their previous prediction of 16 named storms. [DOWNLOAD: News 6 Hurricane Preparedness Checklist]Of those 20 storms, experts think nine of them will become hurricanes, four of which could reach Category 3 or higher. So far this year, five storms have been named: Arthur, Bertha, Cristobal, Dolly and Edouard.