When Tropical Storm Andrea made its 12-hour appearance in the middle of the northern Atlantic Ocean earlier this week, it ended the longest wait for a named storm in the basin since the 2014 season. It developed in open waters west of the Azores and hundreds of miles east of Bermuda.

The first named storm of the 2025 season forms in the Atlantic Ocean. Tropical Storm Andrea provides insight on 2025 hurricane season outlook.

Andrea, the first named tropical storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, dissipated Tuesday night just hours after forming in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean earlier that morning, according to the National Hurricane Center.