Tropical Storm Gordon has formed in the central tropical Atlantic. This is the seventh named storm of the season.

Gordon will undergo cycles of strengthening and weakening over the next week as it continues to move west-northwest. It is currently far away from land.

The overwhelming majority of weather models still show that weakness in high pressure to its north will most likely steer this system out to sea within the next week or so. If this is the case, it would be the first named storm of 2024 to not make landfall at some point within its lifespan.