Current Snapshot

The Pacific Disaster Center’s (PDC Global) Saturday, September 14, 2024, Tropical Cyclone Activity Report for the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico

CURRENT TROPICAL CYCLONES:

Tropical Cyclone 07L (Gordon)…which is located about 1275 miles west-northwest of Cabo Verde Islands

Tropical Cyclone 07L (Gordon)

GORDON GOING WESTWARD

According to Advisory number 14

Gordon is moving toward the west near 9 mph (15 km/h). A slightly slower westward or west-southwestward motion is forecast during the next several days.

Maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph (75 km/h) with higher gusts.
Gordon is forecast to weaken tonight and become a tropical depression on Sunday.

Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 140 miles (220 km) from the center.

>>> Offshore the Southeastern U.S.:

A non-tropical area of low pressure is expected to form during the next day or so along a frontal boundary a few hundred miles off the southeastern U.S. coastline. The system could gradually acquire subtropical or tropical characteristics afterward over the warm waters of the Gulf Stream and a subtropical or tropical depression or storm could form in the next couple of days, while the system moves generally northwestward toward the coast.

* Formation chance through 48 hours…medium…50 percent
* Formation chance through 7 days…medium…50 percent