Several areas in the Atlantic basin are being monitored for potential tropical development, including what could become the next named storm, AccuWeather meteorologists say. These areas include a developing storm near the Carolina coast, a cluster of thunderstorms in the central Atlantic and a broad zone extending from the western Caribbean to the Gulf.

A compact but vigorous storm has been developing near the coast of North Carolina since Sunday. However, it likely has only a brief window to organize before moving onshore on Tuesday or Tuesday night.

Even if the system does not become a tropical storm, it will still bring locally heavy rainfall and gusty thunderstorms to eastern and central North Carolina, southeastern and central Virginia, eastern Maryland and Delaware. Rain will expan

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