11:35 a.m. Friday, July 11, Japan time: Tropical Depression 06W spawned overnight Thursday more than 700 miles south of Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. Joint Typhoon Warning Center’s initial forecast track keeps it more than 200 miles east of the Tokyo area at mid-day Monday.

The low pressure area (LPA) being monitored outside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) is now a tropical depression, state weather bureau PAGASA said on Friday.

The tropical depression is expected to intensify into a stronger rotating system to become Tropical Storm Chantal by Saturday, forecasters said.

Tropical Depression Chantel brought heavy rain, flash flooding and tornado warnings to Alamance County on Sunday.

The storm's is projected to move by Delaware throughout the day, impacting the entire state. The National Weather Service forecast is calling for showers and severe thunderstorms throughout the day. The heaviest rains are expected to hit between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.

AccuWeather forecasters are keeping an eye on an area close to Florida which shows some potential for tropical development July 15-18.

After Tropical Storm Chantal made landfall in South Carolina over the Fourth of July weekend bringing flash flooding to central North Carolina, the tropics are now quiet. Well, sort of.