Tropical Storm Beryl is Quickly Intensifying in the Atlantic East of the Lesser Antilles

Tropical Storm Beryl is located over 1,000 miles east of the Lesser Antilles.
Beryl could become a hurricane by this weekend, well east of the Lesser Antilles.
This tiny system will encounter wind shear this weekend, likely ripping it apart.
An increase in showers and gusty winds is expected in the Lesser Antilles.

Tropical Storm Beryl is now quickly intensifying between west Africa and the Lesser Antilles, and it could be the first hurricane of the season in the Atlantic.

The newly formed tropical storm is currently over 1,200 miles east-southeast of the Windward Islands, moving west.