The Tribune

TROPICAL Storm Lisa formed on Tuesday morning over the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean about 430 miles west of the Cape Verde Islands.

The storm’s maximum sustained winds were near 40mph and the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) forecasts some additional strengthening during the next 48 hours.

Lisa is expected to move northwest into the central Atlantic during the next five days, according to the NHC forecast, and poses no threat to either the Caribbean basin or the east coast of the United States.

Also in the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Karl is forecast to begin strengthening in another day or two. Its maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 40mph and it is centered about 530 miles east-northeast of the Leeward Islands and is moving west-northwest near 17mph. Karl may still be fighting wind shear and dry air, but is expected to find a more favourable environment to intensify into a hurricane later this week and may pass near Bermuda this weekend.