Tropical Storm Gordon on Saturday was poorly organized and forecast to weaken into a depression by early Sunday in the Atlantic. Image courtesy of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Organization.
Sept. 13 (UPI) — Tropical Storm Gordon on Saturday was poorly organized and forecast to weaken into a depression by early Sunday. In its 5 a.m. AST update, the National Hurricane Center said Gordon had maximum sustained winds of 45 mph. Gordon was located about 1,145 miles west-northwest of the Cabo Verde Islands It is moving west-northwest at 9 mph and there are no coastal warnings set. The storm currently is not a threat to land.
The center said tropical storm-force winds were extending up to 115 miles to the north of its center.
A slightly slower westward or west-southwestward motion is forecast over the next several days, the NHC said.
Though Gordon is forecast to become a depression Monday, “gradual restrengthening is possible by the middle part of next week,” according to NHC.
Gordon is the seventh named storm in the Atlantic.
Hurricanes were Beryl, Debby, Ernesto and Francine. Tropical storms were Alberto and Cindy.
Elsewhere in the Atlantic, a non-tropical area of low pressure is expected to form this weekend a few hundred miles off the southeastern U.S. coastline. A depression or storm could form early next week as the system moves generally northwestward toward the coast.
Formation chance through 48 hours is 30% and through seven days it is 50%.
The next named storm would be Helene.