As Tropical Storm Bertha is getting closer to warmer waters, the conditions would most likely turn the storm into the first hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic season. According to FOXNews, the Tropical Storm is very likely to become more powerful in the next days.

The National Hurricane Center reported that Bertha turned Sunday into a major tropical storm with winds of 65 mph. A hurricane center advisory said that Bertha would become a hurricane on Monday.

Even though the storm is moving toward the west, it is not yet known if it will affect land areas.

“It is much too early to determine if Bertha will eventually affect any land areas,” said an advisory, according to the Bradenton Herald.

At 11 p.m. the storm was about 930 miles east of the Northern Leeward Islands. It is possible that it would affect the U.S. in about 7 to 10 days. The observations of the storm showed that Bertha’s pressure dropped from 1000 millibars to 994 or from 29.53 inches of mercury to 29.35, reported the Bradenton Herald.

A tropical storm is characterized by a low pressure center and numerous thunderstorms, being able to produce powerful winds and torrential rain.

The first storm of the Atlantic Hurricane season Arthur formed one day before the season started and affected the Yucatan Peninsula.