Tropical depression moving Westward in the Atlantic

The second tropical depression of the 2014 Atlantic Hurricane Season has formed.

As of the 11 a.m. Tuesday update from the National Hurricane Center, the depression was located over the open Atlantic Ocean about 910 miles east of the Lesser Antilles island chain in the Caribbean Sea.

Maximum sustained winds as of early Tuesday morning are at 35 mph. The feature continues to move to the west at 17 mph. There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect.

Though the depression has shown signs of organization since it’s development late Monday, the long-range projections have it weakening considerably as it encounters unfavorable territory by the end of the week.

At this time the system is expected to be near the Lesser Antilles by Thursday as a remnant low.

This disturbance follows Hurricane Arthur, the first named storm of the 2014 tropical weather season.

At its peak, Arthur was a category two storm that impacted areas of coastal North Carolina the worst before weakening on its northern movement toward Atlantic Canada.