Tropical Storm Gordon forms in the Atlantic

Tropical Storm Gordon has formed in the central Atlantic. It’s the seventh named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season.

Gordon is moving west-nortwestward in the central Atlantic with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph. It’s expected to continue to head westward across the Atlantic for the next few days.

It will slow down this weekend over the central Atlantic, where it’s expected to drift around and stay weak and unorganized as it moves into an area with drier air.

Models have Gordon moving west this weekend, and then there is more uncertainty in the track by early next week.

Conditions aren’t expected to be too favorable for Gordon to intensify much over the open Atlantic through this weekend, but conditions could improve early next week and Gordon could re-intensify.

It will not threaten any land.

Check to see how the rest of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season is going so far.

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