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Tropical Depression Chantal spins at sea, away from North America

It poses zero threat to the U.S. as it moves away from land over the northern Atlantic Ocean.
Credit: 10Weather

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Chantal -- once a tropical storm, now a depression -- is spinning slowly over the far north Atlantic, moving away from North America and posing no threat to land.

The National Hurricane Center tracked the system Wednesday evening about 580 miles south-southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland.

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The weather service says Chantal has maximum sustained winds of 35 mph and it is moving toward the east-southeast at 18 mph.

There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect.

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