MIAMI -

Tropical Depression 14 formed in the central Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday morning, but National Hurricane Center forecasters said it won't be a threat to land.

In the NHC's 11 a.m. advisory, TD 14 was about 1,210 miles east of the Lesser Antilles with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph. It was moving west at 10 mph.

TD 14 was expected to turn toward the northwest with an increase in forward speed on Wednesday. The depression could become a tropical storm sometime Tuesday.

Meantime, Tropical Storm Michael continued to churn in the Atlantic but was expected to become a remnant low sometime Tuesday.