The National Hurricane Center continues to monitor Tropical Storm Gordon and another system expected to form off the southeastern U.S. coast on Sunday.

According to the 11 a.m. NHC update, Gordon’s center is about 1,855 miles from the Leeward Islands. Maximum sustained winds are 40 mph with stronger gusts as the storm moves west-northwest at 10 mph.

“A west to west-southwest movement is expected over the next few days, with the Gordon forecast weakening significantly by mid-week,” meteorologists said.

The NHC said Gordon is expected to weaken to a tropical depression later today.

Tropical storm-force winds extend up to 80 miles north of the center. The system poses no threat to land.

The NHC continues to monitor a system that has a 50% chance of becoming a subtropical or tropical storm over the next two days if the associated storm dissipates and showers and thunderstorms become sufficiently organized. The system is located several hundred miles off the southeastern U.S. coast and is generating gale-force winds north of its center.

The system is forecast to move northwest or north over the warm waters of the Gulf Stream toward the coast of South Carolina and North Carolina.

The NHC said regardless of development, the low pressure system is likely to bring gusty winds, heavy rains with the possibility of flash flooding, coastal flooding and hazardous beach conditions to parts of the U.S. Southeast and Mid-Atlantic coasts over the next few days.

If the system forms, it could develop into Tropical Storm Helene and add to the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, which has so far produced seven systems, including four hurricanes and three tropical storms.

The season runs from June 1st to November 30th.

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