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Aug 14, 2007 10:03 am US/Central

Tropical Storm Dean Forms In Atlantic

 CBS News Interactive: Storm Season

MIAMI (CBS) ― Tropical Storm Dean formed in the open Atlantic on Tuesday, but remained far from land, forecasters said.

At 11 a.m.EDT, the storm was centered about 1,490 miles east of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. It had top sustained winds of 40 mph, just above the threshold to be a named storm.

Dean is moving west at about 23 miles per hour. Forecasters said it is too early too tell where Dean will go.

The storm was moving over increasingly warmer waters, where atmospheric conditions could create a favorable environment for intensification into a hurricane by Friday, according to hurricane center forecasters.

Dean is the fourth named storm of the season, which forecasters expect to be busier than average.

Last week, they said up to 16 tropical storms are likely to form, with nine strengthening into hurricanes.

The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30, but August typically marks the start of the most active period.

Ten tropical storms developed in the Atlantic last year, but only two made landfall in the United States.

(© 2007 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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