(CNN Weather Image) Posted: May 19, 2021 / 09:38 PM EST (CNN) — Hurricane season could begin before its official start for a seventh year in a row in the Atlantic Ocean, as the National Hurricane Center monitors a developing weather system that could become this season’s first named storm. Early outlooks for the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season predict activity to be above-normal again. The National Hurricane Center will release its official 2021 Atlantic hurricane season forecast on Thursday. On Wednesday evening, the center noted a region in the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Bermuda, as an area to watch for subtropical development. The weather system has a 60% or “medium” chance of formation within the next five days. If it becomes a tropical or subtropical storm, it will be named Ana.