AccuWeather

AccuWeather is forecasting fewer tropical storms than in recent years, in large part due to wind shear arriving with an El Niño expected later in the season. At the same time, they worry that record-warm Gulf waters may fuel hurricanes strong enough to overpower that wind shear

Rainfall patterns have shifted during the last 30 years, providing less productive showers in Southwest Florida and some other parts of the country. That finding comes from AccuWeather, a commercial weather firm based in State College, Pennsylvania, known for its research on long-term climate trends

All three major forecasting institutions — AccuWeather, Colorado State University, and the National Weather Service, overpredicted total storm counts before the season, although all three correctly anticipated above-normal, major hurricane activity. But there will be no landfalling hurricanes in the U.S. in 2025

AccuWeather joined Colorado State and NOAA in lowering slightly its hurricane numbers for the 2025 Atlantic basin season

An area stretching from Texas to Tennessee braced Wednesday for the expected arrival of freezing rain and snow, as some other parts of the country that already received an arctic blast this week prepared to go another round with the plunging polar vortex.Weather forecasting service AccuWeather said the winter storm, forecast to bring snow and ice to more than 20 states, will cause major travel impacts and disruptions that will be felt across the country this week.Meanwhile, millions of Floridians are feeling the big chill this week after multiple cold fronts prompted freeze warnings, weather advisories, wind chills advisories and more across many parts of the Sunshine state.

Risk of flooding, hail and isolated tornadoes will extend from Texas to Florida and the Carolinas through the weekend.

A disturbance in the Caribbean has been designated as Invest 97 by the National Hurricane Center Sunday evening with increasing probabilities of it forming into a stronger tropical system in the coming days and week.

WGCU's Tom Bayles predicts hurricane season will heat up and, if so, he believes a Category 2 or 3 hurricane may be in Southwest Florida's near future. He hopes he's wrong.

AccuWeather lowered storm total expectation but neither Colorado State nor the National Weather Service did, even after five weeks of only minor rumblings in the Atlantic hurricane season which typically peaks in less than two weeks