According to the latest forecast earlier this week, a depression is said to be progressing as a tropical storm in the far out Atlantic Ocean basin. This is due to the noted rain showers and thunderstorms.

Based on the forecast of the hurricane center, there is a sixty percent chance that it develops a tropical storm within the next several days. It was noted to be tagged as the second tropical storm named in the 2014 Atlantic Hurricane Season tropical system. The tropical depression reportedly strengthened with sustained winds of 45 mph thus becoming a developed tropical storm.

The agencies had explained that Bertha, the tropical storm's name, has moved into an area with below 80s water temperatures and lower wind trim, both of which contributes to the intensity of the tropical storm.  Wind trim or wind shear is a zone of strong atmospheric winds at middle levels that naturally blow from the west, southwest or northwest. These winds can be a source of weakness and prevention of the possible formation of the organized tropical system.

The forecasted tropical storm is said to take an arched, elliptical route around the high pressure area over the Atlantic, but the path will be dependent on its strength. For the coming weekend, the authorities will closely monitor the areas in the Leeward and northern part of the Windward islands, the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. The National Hurricane Center has previously issued tropical storm warnings and watches for the potentially affected areas. An AccuWeather meteorologist also reported that the Lesser Antilles will experience heavy showers with breezy winds from Thursday night through Friday while similar impacts are said to be potentially experience in the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

The authorities also gave strict warnings against the over-sensationalizing of the long range hurricane forecasts in social media and in the internet realm.

While the forecasted storm may cause vacation disruptions, parts of the Caribbean islands are in need of rain.

It is not uncommon to have a comparatively silent Atlantic tropical season this 2014. Though officially the season begins June 1, the most active period doesn't really go until mid-August. It is at this time when the Atlantic waters across are the warmest and characteristically the dry air and wind shear are disrupted.   

However, the eastern Pacific never been this calm, with an astounding twelve named tropical cyclone formations, including six hurricanes based on the reports of the hurricane center. Karina and Lowell are the two tropical storms that are both spinning far from land in the Pacific.

So far in this season, only two Atlantic hurricanes were named, Arthur formed on July 1 and Bertha this August thus, tagging the latter as the second named storm in the 2014 Atlantic Hurricane Season.