According to the National Hurricane Center, Invest 94E has a high likelihood of becoming Tropical Storm Erick within the next two days. Regardless of development, forecasters say this system of thunderstorms will bring heavy rain to Central America and southeastern Mexico this week.

This image, taken on Monday, June 16, 2025, shows Central America (middle) and a growing zone of showers and thunderstorms over the eastern Pacific (left). There is also a pocket of showers and thunderstorms over the southwest Gulf (top left of center).

Since the start of the Atlantic hurricane season on June 1, hardly any signs of tropical cyclone development have been spotted in the Atlantic Basin.

Using NOAA data, Stacker summarized the last 100 hurricane seasons in the Atlantic Basin. See which years and storms broke records over the last century.

It rained during my entire beach trip to Tulum, Mexico. I saved my vacation by making better plans with indoor activities I could do in the rain.

Given how warm temperatures in the Atlantic Basin are, Texans should prepare now, if they haven’t already, for whatever the next few months may

Fernand is a relatively new name. It’s only been used twice, in 2013 and 2019. Both versions of Fernand were tropical storms, and both made landfall in Mexico.