A brewing weather feature known as a "gyre" near Central America has caught the attention of some hurricane forecasters who say the system could spawn the first storm of the 2025 Atlantic ...

A gyre also developed near the western Caribbean in June of 2023, although it did not lead to a named tropical storm. Advertisement. About Our Ads; Advertisement. Advertisement. Advertisement.

With instability, you get clouds and eventually lots of thunderstorms. The gyre slowly turning the air like a spoon stirring a pot of water can attract some extra energy into its vortex.

Any potential tropical threat could be linked to a phenomenon known as the Central American Gyre, which has historically contributed to tropical storm formation in the Caribbean or the Gulf.

If the jet stream is strong enough to reach the Caribbean Sea, it could give the gyre just enough of a push to get it spinning. DaSilva explained that disruptive winds known as wind shear could be ...

A gyre also developed near the western Caribbean in June of 2023, although it did not lead to a named tropical storm. Read More Summer of heat, thunderstorms and drought to unfold for U.S. in 2025 ...