As of Friday afternoon, Tropical Depression 3 has formed in the Atlantic off the South Carolina coast. It’s expected to be Tropical Storm Chantal by Saturday and will impact North Carolina.
Current guidance has this system advancing northward into the Carolinas, bringing some showers and thunderstorms to the area late this weekend into early next week. We will see showers and thunderstorms on Sunday and Monday.
What does it mean in NC for the July 4th weekend?
Regardless of the amount of organization of this system, there will be coastal impacts of rough surf and dangerous rip currents from the Outer Banks through the northeastern Florida Coast.
That means a better chance for rain across the ABC11 viewing area, with the higher amounts east and lesser amounts west. The showers linger into Monday before it scoots on out to sea…