Since the season is over I’d give this past year a F+. Zero storms to track, Gulf was dead.
Not so fast!
1. This won’t come anywhere close to the western basin but it may add some ACE:
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
800 PM EDT Sun Oct 12 2025
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of America:
Central Tropical Atlantic (AL97):
Showers and thunderstorms have increased in association with a
small area of low pressure located about 900 miles west-southwest of
the Cabo Verde Islands. Environmental conditions are forecast to
become more favorable for further development of this system during
the next few days, and a tropical depression is likely to form by
the middle part of this week while it moves to the west-northwest
then northwest at 15 to 20 mph across the central tropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...60 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...70 percent.
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Forecaster Blake
2. Of more importance landfall potential-wise, a followup AEW has been forecasted by a number of runs of various models and ensemble members to develop close to the Lesser Antilles in ~a week. The 18Z GFS and Icon have it, for example.