Infrared satellite loop showing the disturbance that eventually developed into Tropical Storm Chantal from Aug. 18-20, 2019.

At a Glance

Tropical Storm Chantal spun up briefly in the North Atlantic Ocean in late August.It remained well south of Atlantic Canada and northeast of Bermuda.Its origins were traced to a heavy rain producing disturbance along the northern Gulf Coast.

Tropical Storm Chantal formed in the North Atlantic Ocean in late August, but didn't last long and remained far from land.

Chantal became a tropical storm late on August 20 about 500 miles southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, after forecasters at the NHC remarked that the system had become better organized with a .

Chantal was the farthest north a tropical cyclone has formed in the Atlantic Basin , according Dr. Phil Klotzbach, tropical scientist at Colorado State University.

Chantal snapped a long stretch without a named Atlantic storm. The last named storm in the Atlantic basin was Barry which briefly became a hurricane before making landfall in Louisiana on July 13.

Chantal later moved into a dry air mass, after which its thunderstorms struggled to persist, allowing it to wind down far from land over the North Atlantic Ocean.

Where Chantal Came From

The previous weekend, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) highlighted an area of disturbed weather near the Southeast coast of the U.S. for a low chance of tropical development. The system's proximity to land hindered its ability to become better organized at that time.

This system dumped in parts of North Florida near Cedar Key.

The NHC continued to track the system for a very low chance of tropical development as it moved farther out to sea, before initiating advisories on Tropical Storm Chantal.