Tropical Storm Gordon, the seventh named storm of what's predicted to be an extremely active 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, was on the move far out over open waters Saturday, where it's expected to continue for a few days without posing a threat to land.

The system is forecast to become a category one or category two hurricane before making landfall in Louisiana on Wednesday.

Tropical Storm Francine formed Monday, Sept. 9 in the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to become a hurricane before it makes landfall. Meanwhile, there are two other systems out in the Atlantic with the potential to become tropical depressions and more. Could we see a Hurricane Gordon or a Tropical Storm Helene in the next few weeks?

Tropical Storm Gordon has weakened to a depression as it swirls through open waters in the Atlantic. The storm was located about 985 miles (1,580 kilometers) east of the northeast Caribbean on Monday.

Tropical Storm Gordon is weakening over the Atlantic, but the Southeast US faces rain from Francine and another storm brewing.

Gordon, which became a named storm Friday, was downgraded to a tropical depression Sunday in the Atlantic with no land threatened as Potential Tropical Storm 8 developed off the Carolinas.

The southeastern U.S. coast is at risk of flash flooding from a disturbance. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Gordon has weakened in the Atlantic.

Latest coverageGordon was downgraded to a tropical depression on Sunday as it continues to move across the Atlantic Ocean, according to the National Hurricane Center.Sign up for our NewslettersGordon has maximum sustained winds of 30 mph and a minimum central pressure of 1007 MB.

Tracking GordonTropical Storm Gordon developed Friday morning in the eastern Atlantic. It will move slowly west in the coming days.Sign up for our NewslettersIt was downgraded to a depression over the weekend,