Although Christine had weakened to a tropical depression by the time it passed through the Leeward Islands, heavy rains from the storm, peaking at 11.74 in (298 mm), caused flooding in Puerto Rico.

Minor damage was recorded in the Virgin Islands, mainly downed power lines which left roughly 500 people without telephone service.

[1] As it neared the Atlantic Ocean, the wave spawned a tropical depression inland at 14.0°W, over the country of Guinea, on August 25.

[1] Tracking nearly due west, the depression moved over water several hours later and bypassed the Cape Verde Islands on August 27.

[1] The following day, the depression intensified into a tropical storm;[3] however, advisories were not issued by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) on the system until August 30 because of the lack of reconnaissance aircraft data.

[1] The first advisory from the NHC came after a reconnaissance plane found sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a barometric pressure of 1007 mbar (hPa; 29.74 inHg).

[6] Continuing on this track, Christine gradually intensified and on September 2, the storm attained its peak intensity just below hurricane-status while situated roughly 300 mi (500 km) east of Guadeloupe.

[1] At this time, a reconnaissance aircraft recorded[1] sustained winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 996 mbar (hPa; 29.41 inHg).

[3] Shortly after Christine attained this intensity, increasing wind shear caused the storm to weaken as it neared the Leeward Islands.

[9][10] During this project, active and passive microwave satellite imagery was used for the first time to determine the wind speed within a tropical cyclone.

[14] As it passed through the Leeward Islands, Christine produced torrential rainfall, peaking at 11.74 in (298 mm) in eastern Puerto Rico.

[6] Numerous calls were made to police in the United States Virgin Islands about downed power lines throughout the passage of the depression.

[12] Residents in the drought-stricken regions of Florida were hoping for increased rainfall from the remnant wave of Christine;[18] however, the system did not reach the United States before dissipating.