A tropical depression in Tropical Storm Beryl on Thursday afternoon, the National Hurricane Center Said

As of 2:30 pm ET Thursday, Beryl had winds of 40 mph and was moving to the west at 16 mph. It was located about 1,330 miles east-southeast of the Lesser Antilles, a chain of islands in the eastern Caribbean Sea.

The storm should fall by the time it reaches the Lesser Antilles. That's why, it should be combined to weaken the system, AccuWeather said.

"Upper-level winds will become hostile to the Lesser Antilles this weekend," according to Weather Channel meteorologist Jonathan Erdman. "These shearing winds should rip the system apart."

Still, the remnants of the storm should bring locally heavy rains and gusty winds to the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico on Sunday and Monday, the hurricane center said.

A separate storm could be developed in the East Coast, but is not likely to be directly impacted.

Following Tropical Storm Alberto, which developed during Memorial Day weekend, there were no tropical storms on the Atlantic basin during June 2014, AccuWeather reported.

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