In real time , Grace was not named as a tropical storm until it reached the latitude 41.2 Â N. This would have been the second farthest-north that a tropical storm formed in the Atlantic . Only Tropical Storm Alberto of 1988 had formed farther north . Operationally , Grace was not classified a tropical storm until it reached latitude 41.2 Â N. This marked the second northernmost formation of a tropical storm in the Atlantic on record ; only Tropical Storm Alberto of 1988 had formed farther north .