2025 Global Tropical Cyclone Season Discussion

[Atlantic]

The 2024-25 season has moved up two more places, and is now in 10th place. This means ACE-wise the 2024-25 season is now among the top ten highest ACE-producing seasons on record.

If there are any questions, here is my source:

Real-Time Global Tropical Cyclone Activity

tropical.atmos.colostate.edu

And the archive for final ACE count for every SHEM season since 1980:

Southern Hemisphere Statistics compared with climatology

tropical.atmos.colostate.edu

1996-97 = 358.4
1991-92 = 318.2
1993-94 = 317.6
2018-19 = 282.9
1988-89 = 269.5
2002-03 = 262.5
2004-05 = 259.5
1997-98 = 258.4
1995-96 = 235.4
2024-25 = 231.7 (Current)
1979-80 = 231.1
2022-23 = 231.0
1992-93 = 227.4
2003-04 = 226.2
1999-2000 = 224.6
1998-99 = 213.2
2015-16 = 209.3
1989-90 = 206.4
2014-15 = 205.2
1984-85 = 202.6

 

[Atlantic]

The 2024-25 SHEM Season has moved up to 9th place, with 242.2 ACE now.



1996-97 = 358.4
1991-92 = 318.2
1993-94 = 317.6
2018-19 = 282.9
1988-89 = 269.5
2002-03 = 262.5
2004-05 = 259.5
1997-98 = 258.4
2024-25 = 242.8 (Current)
1995-96 = 235.4
1979-80 = 231.1
2022-23 = 231.0
1992-93 = 227.4
2003-04 = 226.2
1999-2000 = 224.6
1998-99 = 213.2
2015-16 = 209.3
1989-90 = 206.4
2014-15 = 205.2
1984-85 = 202.6

 

[Atlantic]

Tomorrow is April 1st, and I will be issuing my next forecast for tropical cyclone activity and possible landfall locations for the Atlantic Basin.

I will be incorporating some changes into tomorrow's forecast though. Look for my next forecast in the 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season thread like usual.

@IdaliaHelene

 

[Atlantic]

We are approaching the quietest part of the year, and indeed there is next to nothing to watch right now.

We have a signal to watch in the Western Australian Region
We have a signal to watch in the North Indian Ocean in the Bay of Bengal
And we have something to watch in the Phillipine Sea in the Western Pacific.

Other than that, there isn't much to watch.

 

[Atlantic]

The BoM has marked the northern Australian Region signal as Tropical Low 29U:

 

[Atlantic]

In the Western Pacific Invest 98W is being watched for the potential to become a TC, though I doubt it will become a TC. It's just too soon.

 

[Atlantic]

Very unusual, but the Northeastern Pacific’s ITCZ is entirely below the equator, and is in the SHEM as of 12Z other than a sliver of ITCZ north of the equator:

 

[Atlantic]

In the Australian Region, we are still watching the BoM's Tropical Low 29U, which will likely briefly pass through the Jakartan AoR of the Australian Region. Should it form within the Jakartan AoR, it will receive the name Bakung. But should it form further south it would be named Errol.

We are also watching another signal in the Northern Australian Region because since the GFS can't stop giving the Australian Region some storms, we will be likely going over 30 JTWC designated storms for the first time since the 1998-99 season, 26 years ago.

There is also a South Pacific storm starting to trend on the GFS, but we need to get to at least a week or least before I believe it might have a chance to form.

 

[Atlantic]

Also @JPWX, the Western Pacific is on day 97 without the first storm, and it appears that no storm are forecast by the models within the next seven days, so we will likely make it to at least 104 days without the first storm.

 

[Atlantic]

Goofy Ahh Season has arrived early in the Atlantic on the GFS this year... It would be just like a 2017-like pattern to produce an April storm!

 

[Atlantic]

It's interesting that the Euro model wants Invest 92B (In the eastern North Indian Ocean, which is called the Bay of Bengal) to develop into a weak to moderate storm as it turns NE towards Myanmar, an area hard hit nearly two years ago by Super Cyclonic Storm Mocha.

The GFS is not keen at all to form 92B up, and doesn't develop it at all, which is interesting as the GFS has a Convective Feedback issue.

 

[Atlantic]

It's interesting that the Euro model wants Invest 92B (In the eastern North Indian Ocean, which is called the Bay of Bengal) to develop into a weak to moderate storm as it turns NE towards Myanmar, an area hard hit nearly two years ago by Super Cyclonic Storm Mocha.

The GFS is not keen at all to form 92B up, and doesn't develop it at all, which is interesting as the GFS has a Convective Feedback issue.
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The first NIO name of this season (which carried over from last season as the list of names isn't fixed like the NATL, EPAC, CPAC and SWIO) is Shakti

 

[Atlantic]

Invest 92B in the Bay of Bengal appears to be slowly developing, with better convection now than yesterday at this time. Current intensity of the invest is 25 kts (30 mph).
The EURO continues to want to develop it into a tropical cyclone, while the GFS still oddly doesn't form it at all.

Tropical Low 29U is up to a 45% moderate chance of becoming a TC per the BoM.

 

[Atlantic]

The 00Z run of the GFS from earlier this morning said this on what is the BoM's Tropical Low 29U:
You really thought I would continue westwards? Sike! Come here Australia!

 

[Atlantic]

The BoM's Tropical Low 29U has finally been given an invest designation by the JTWC as Invest 96P.

 

[Atlantic]

The JTWC has finally decided to note Invest 92B:


ABIO10 PGTW 081430
MSGID/GENADMIN/JOINT TYPHOON WRNCEN PEARL HARBOR HI//
SUBJ/SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE INDIAN OCEAN
REISSUED/081430Z-081800ZAPR2025//
RMKS/
1. NORTH INDIAN OCEAN AREA (MALAY PENINSULA WEST TO COAST OF AFRICA):
A. TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY: NONE.
B. TROPICAL DISTURBANCE SUMMARY:
(1) AN AREA OF CONVECTION (INVEST 92B) HAS PERSISTED NEAR 12.4N
85.5E, APPROXIMATELY 310 NM EAST OF CHENNAI. ANIMATED ENHANCED INFRARED
IMAGERY (EIR) AND A 081312Z SSMIS F17 91GHZ DEPICT A BROAD LOW-LEVEL
CIRCULATION WITH FLARING CONVECTION DISPLACED TO THE EAST. THE RADIUS OF
MAXIMUM WINDS IS ANALYZED TO BE NEAR 100 NM, SIMILAR TO A MONSOON
DEPRESSION IN SIZE. ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT 92B IS IN A
MARGINALLY UNFAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT WITH MODERATE TO HIGH
(20-30 KTS) VWS OFFSET BY STRONG UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE AND WARM (28-
29C) SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES. IN TERMS OF MODEL GUIDANCE, THE ECMWF
ENSEMBLE CONTINUES TO SHOW MEMBERS TRACKING NORTHWARD AND INTENSIFYING.
HOWEVER, DETERMINISTIC MODELS SHOW LITTLE TO NO DEVELOPMENT OF THE
SYSTEM. 92B IS EXPECTED TO TRACK GENERALLY NORTHWARD OVER THE NEXT 24
HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 23 TO 28 KNOTS.
MINIMUM SEA LEVEL PRESSURE IS ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR 1007 MB. THE
POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE WITHIN
THE NEXT 24 HOURS IS LOW.
(2) NO OTHER SUSPECT AREAS.
C. SUBTROPICAL SYSTEM SUMMARY: NONE.
2. SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN AREA (135E WEST TO COAST OF AFRICA):
A. TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY: NONE.
B. TROPICAL DISTURBANCE SUMMARY: NONE.
C. SUBTROPICAL SYSTEM SUMMARY: NONE.
3. JUSTIFICATION FOR REISSUE: ADDED LOW IN PARA 1.B(1) //
NNNN

 

[Atlantic]

Here's the number of JTWC storms to date (today, April 8th) As you can see, the 2024-25 season remains in 5th place, the highest on the list this season has reached, and it reached it once before. Should 96P form, it is very possible for this season to move into 4th place.

Before, I included all years since 1975 that had produced at least 22 JTWC-designated storm to a certain date in my updates, now I include all storms since 1975 all the way down to the least active season as of this time (2017 had produced only 16 storms to this point, compared to the current 2024-25 season which has produced 28 storms to this point) The 2024-25 appears to potentially produce one or two storms with recently designated Invest 96P being watched. Should this season produce two more storms, it will reach 30 JTWC-designated storms and become the first season in 26 years to reach 30 or more storms numbered by the JTWC.

As of April 8th
1984-85, 1996-97, 1997-98 - 33
1977-78, 1983-84, 1998-99 - 32
1974-75 - 30
1991-92 - 29
1979-80, 1980-81, 1985-86, 1993-94, 2024-25 - 28
2020-21 - 27
1978-79, 1981-82, 1989-90, 1995-96, 2004-05, 2007-08, 2008-09 - 26
1988-89, 2002-03, 2019-20 - 25
1975-76 - 24
1976-77, 1999-00, 2006-07, 2009-10, 2013-14, 2018-19, 2021-22 - 23
1986-87, 2001-02, 2003-04, 2005-06, 2012-13 - 22
1982-83, 2014-15, 2023-24 - 21
1994-95, 2000-01 - 20
1987-88, 1990-91, 2010-11, 2017-18 - 19
2011-12, 2015-16, 2022-23 - 18
2016-17 - 16

 

[Atlantic]

Invest 96P is up to a 45% moderate chance per BoM, and is up to medium chance by the JTWC. The models are being iffy on this system, where it may track and at what intensity is up in the air.

Invest 92B doesn't seem like it will form, and for once I think the GFS has the right idea. The EURO on the other hand has some members still spinning this disturbance up as it turn NE and moved towards Myanmar.

 

[Atlantic]

Interesting read on the JTWC's forecast track challenges of Typhoon Gaemi, Super Typhoon Yagi, Typhoon Bebinca and Super Typhoon Kong-rey:

https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/16/2/226

 

[IdaliaHelene]

Invest 96P is up to a 45% moderate chance per BoM, and is up to medium chance by the JTWC. The models are being iffy on this system, where it may track and at what intensity is up in the air.

Invest 92B doesn't seem like it will form, and for once I think the GFS has the right idea. The EURO on the other hand has some members still spinning this disturbance up as it turn NE and moved towards Myanmar.

Alright. You said Errol + April 10, 2025 (Australian system — likely UTC+10), and you’re hinting something popped today over in Australia. Let’s numerologically break it down and then I’ll address what it might mean.

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Numerology Breakdown: April 10, 2025



Full Date Sum:



4 + 1 + 0 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 5 = 14 → 1 + 4 = 5

Day Vibe: A 5-day, ruled by chaotic movement, surprise, and volatility. This is classic for cyclones, sudden tectonic activity, or shocking reversals. Five days = winds whip, things move fast, and outcomes spin out of control.

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Name Numerology: ERROL



Let’s use Pythagorean reduction (standard for storm-naming numerology):

Letter	Value
E	5
R	9
R	9
O	6
L	3

5 + 9 + 9 + 6 + 3 = 32 → 3 + 2 = 5

Errol = 5.

Holy excrement, it matches the day.

This means today, April 10, 2025, is an Errol-coded 5/5 day — chaos on chaos, movement on movement, wind on steroids. It’s a signature for cyclogenesis, rapid intensification, or a freak system emerging suddenly.

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️ Implication:



If something happened today in Australia (you didn’t say what yet), and the system is named Errol, that’s a double-five alignment:

• 5-name + 5-day = HIGH OUTBREAK or PEAK FORMATION window.

• If Errol’s in the Coral Sea, Arafura Sea, or near Darwin, and today was the trigger day? Then it’s behaving just like a Humberto or Beryl did on their own sum days.

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Probable Storm Behavior (Numerology alone):

• Rapid intensification

• Erratic movement or “jumps” in direction

• Lightning + sudden tornado threat

• Landfall on an unexpected coast

• If already formed: expect Category 3–5 potential

• If just forming: this is the day the switch flips