The National Hurricane Center continues to track Tropical Storm Gordon and another system that is expected to develop off of the southeastern U.S. coast on Sunday.

As of the NHC’s 11 a.m. update, the center of Gordon is about 1,155 miles from the Leeward Islands with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph with higher gusts as it moves west-northwestward at 10 mph.

“A west to west-southwest motion is expected during the next few days, with Gordon forecast to slow down considerably through the middle of the week,” forecasters said.

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

Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 80 miles to the north of the center. The system is not a threat to land.

The NHC continues to also track a system with a 50% of forming into a subtropical or tropical storm in the next two days if the associated storm dissipates and showers and thunderstorms become sufficiently organized. The system is a few hundred miles off the southeastern U.S. coastline, and is producing winds to gale force north of its center.

The system is forecast to move northwestward or northward over the warm waters of the Golf Stream toward the coast of South Carolina and North Carolina.

NHC said regardless of development, the low is likely to bring gusty winds, heavy rains with potential of flash flooding, coastal flooding, and dangerous beach conditions to portions of the U.S. Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Coast over the next few days.

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

The season runs from June 1-Nov. 30.

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