Tropical Depression 3 formed at the 5 pm advisory on July 6, 2018 with winds of 30 mph and a pressure of 1016 mb off the coast of North Carolina. It remained a depression for a few days before intensifying into Tropical Storm Chris where it hovered off the coast of the Carolinas and intensified further.
At the 5 pm advisory on July 10, Chris intensified into a category 1 hurricane with winds of 85 mph and a central pressure of 980 mb. Chris continued on and strengthened as soon as it began to move to the NE and peaked as a 105 mph category 2 hurricane with a central pressure of 970 mb. Chris continued on NE and barely brushed Canada.
Chris became a post-tropical remnant low on the 11 am advisory on July 12, 2018.
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