It won’t directly impact land, but it is the fourth named storm of the Atlantic basin’s busy start to the 2020 season.

Tropical Storm Dolly officially formed in the north Atlantic on Tuesday, and while it’s not expected to lead to much in the way of impacts, it does continue an exceptionally fast start to the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season.

The storm’s maximum sustained winds were 45 mph as of Tuesday afternoon , and it was moving northeast at 12mph. It’s expected to pick up steam as it moves along the Gulf Stream, well off the coast of the Eastern Seaboard of the United States.

The storm is the fourth-named storm of the 2020 Atlantic basin season, and far earlier than usual. Typically, the fourth named storm of the season doesn’t take place until August 23rd, according to the National Hurricane Center’s (NHC) climatology chart.

As of Tuesday afternoon, the storm was located about 400 miles due east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. It’s expected to continue moving northeast, and as it does so, it’s expected to remain a subtropical depression for the next day or two. Then, it’s expected to quickly weaken into a remnant depression or extratropical low as it moves into the much colder waters of the northern Atlantic Ocean.

No direct impacts to land are expected, although some choppier surf and rip currents could be an issue for parts of the New England and Canadian maritime coastlines.

Stay with WeatherNation for the latest on this storm and the tropics.