Tracking the Tropics: Tropical Storm Bret forms in the Atlantic | 5 p.m. Monday

Tropical Storm Bret is this season's next tropical system — and forecasts indicate it'll also become the first hurricane later this week.

Bret formed Monday afternoon after the disturbance was named Tropical Depression Three earlier in the day. It has been under the watchful eyes of National Hurricane Center forecasters since an area of showers and storms emerged off the African coast late last week.

Tropical Storm Bret has maximum sustained winds of 40 mph and is located about 1,295 miles east of the southern Windward Islands, according to the hurricane center's latest advisory.

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I thought this storm was supposed to turn out to the north . Whyd it change so suddenly