An area of low pressure in the northern Atlantic Ocean is being tracked by the National Hurricane Center for the possible formation of the season's first tropical storm.

The low-pressure system is located about 900 miles east-northeast of Bermuda and has been trying to grow persistent thunderstorm activity since Sunday, but so far hasn't been able organize further. A recent increase in thunderstorm activity on Tuesday morning suggests that it could briefly form into Tropical Storm Andrea today, according to the National Hurricane Center.

This system's window of opportunity to develop is small since environmental conditions become increasingly hostile by Tuesday night.

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The good news is that since the system's location is far from land, as depicted on the map above, it's no threat to the United States or anywhere else.

On average (1991-2020), the first Atlantic storm of the season has formed by June 20, so if Andrea develops out of this disturbance it'd be right on time.

Chris Dolce has been a senior digital meteorologist with weather.com for 15 years after beginning his career with The Weather Channel in the early 2000s.