On "The Florida Roundup," the former branch chief of the National Hurricane Center's Hurricane Specialist Unit described how cuts could lead to poorer forecasts and increased response needs.

An average of 3.5 storms typically would have formed by now, but there have been no named tropical cyclones in this hemisphere so far.

According to the National Hurricane Center, the first Tropical Wave of the 2025 Hurricane Season moved off Africa Sunday afternoon. Tropical development is not expected. Hurricane Season begins June 1.

Just after sunrise and again before sunset each day, a white balloon, nearly as tall as a person, floats into the Ruskin sky. A little weather instrument dangles from it, collecting data as the balloon drifts up, up, up into the atmosphere collecting data.

Here's what you might expect for summer 2025, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration and the Old Farmer's Almanac.