Chantal has weakened into a tropical depression after making landfall at 4:00am near Litchfield Beach, South Carolina this morning.

The system is responsible for producing at least three tornadoes and has prompted flash floods across portions of North Carolina tonight (specifically impacting communities between Greensboro and Raleigh).

This is the third named storm of our 2025 season and comes nearly a month ahead of schedule.

There are no new named storms expected to form within the next week in the Atlantic.

Newly formed, Tropical Storm Barry is on track to make landfall in Mexico within the next 24 hours.

This is the second named storm of the year, and comes weeks ahead of when we normally see our B-name storm form in the Atlantic.

Meanwhile, a lingering front will provide an opportunity for subtropical or tropical formation by the end of next week and into the weekend. The National Hurricane Center has assigned a low (20%) chance of formation along the coast of Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas within the next week.

There is no imminent threat of formation from this. We have several days to monitor development chances.

Regardless of development, this stalled front will likely create enhanced rain chances along the northeast Gulf coast late next week into the weekend.

“Chantal” is the next name up on our 2025 naming list.