With 2 storms brewing in the Atlantic, what could that mean for Carolina beachgoers?

In less than a day, Tropical Storm Beryl was upgraded to the first hurricane of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season and another system brewing near the Carolinas has a high chance of tropical development.

So, what could that bring to the North and South Carolina coasts?

"Beryl is expected to move westward and eventually it's going to run into wind shear and start to weaken as it reaches the Antilles," said Dave Loewenthal, forecaster with the National Weather Service in Wilmington, N.C. "We're not expecting anything from Beryl right now."

As far as the low-pressure system offshore, it has a 70-percent chance of cyclone development over the next two days, increasing the likelihood of showers and thunderstorms, according to a Friday morning National Hurricane Center weather outlook.

NWS forecasters said the system located about 350 miles off the Carolina coast is becoming better organized and could be declared a tropical depression late Friday, but the Carolinas will probably not feel any impacts over the weekend.

"It's expected to just sit off the coast and we may have an increased rip current threat due to the system and we may get some moisture from it in a few days. Again, it's a little uncertain at this time, so we'll just have to keep an eye on it," Loewenthal explained.

But Loewenthal added it's hard to tell what the exact impacts on the Carolinas will be, as the storm continues to form.

"Right now it's in its infancy and it's still forming and it's not going anywhere for the next couple of days, so it's gonna sit off the coast and we're just gonna have to watch and see if it intensifies or not," he said.

Beryl, a Category 1 hurricane, is the second named storm of this year's Atlantic hurricane season. Tropical Storm Alberto was the season's first, which developed in late May.

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This story was originally published July 6, 2018 at 9:29 AM.