Article first published: Monday, July 07, 2025, 4 a.m. ET

Article last updated: Monday, July 07, 2025, 10 p.m. ET

System type: Post-tropical cyclone

System name: Chantal

At 10 pm Monday, the National Hurricane Center released the final advisory for the post-tropical cyclone system. Chantal became a post-tropical cyclone with sustained winds of 25 mph after intensifying from a tropical depression. Chantal first crossed North Carolina, left Delaware and headed to the Atlantic Ocean. Post Tropical Cyclone Chantal is currently in the Atlantic Ocean, 85 miles northeast of Cape May New Jersey and 220 miles west-southwest of Nantucket Massachusetts. With maximum sustained winds of 25 mph, the system is moving northeast at 25 mph.

Today, Chantal found new strength and has evolved from a tropical depression into a post-tropical cyclone with sustained winds of 25 mph.

Yesterday (Sunday)

Chantal became a tropical depression with sustained winds of 25 mph after intensifying from a tropical storm.

Hazards affecting land

Rainfall. Post-Tropical Cyclone Chantal could produce an additional inch of rain across portions of New Jersey and Long Island Monday tonight into Tuesday morning, with an inch or two of rain being possible across portions of Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard,

And Nantucket early Tuesday morning. Any flash flooding would be isolated.

For a complete depiction of forecast rainfall and flash flooding associated with Post-Tropical Cyclone Chantal, please see the National Weather Service Storm Total Rainfall Graphic, available at hurricanes.gov/graphics_at3.shtml?rainqpf

For a list of rainfall observations (and wind reports) associated this storm, see the companion storm summary at WBCSCCNS4 with the WMO header ACUS44 KWBC or at the following link: www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/nfdscc4.html

Surf. Life-threatening surf and rip current conditions are expected to continue at beaches along the U.S. east coast from northeastern Florida to the Mid-Atlantic states during the next day or so.

A depiction of rip current risk for the United States can be found at: hurricanes.gov/graphics_at3.shtml?ripCurrents

Source: National Hurricane Center