RALEIGH, N.C. — A new tropical system has formed in the Atlantic Ocean, and the ABC11 First Alert Weather Team is keeping an eye on it.
Tropical Depression Seven formed Wednesday morning just off the Cabo Verde Islands.
The storm has maximum sustained winds of 35 mph. It’s expected to strengthen into a tropical storm sometime Thursday.
The tropical depression was moving west-northwest at 16 mph as of Thursday afternoon. It is still a long way from any land.
Because of that, the ultimate effect of this storm remains unclear.
If this storm does become a tropical storm it will be named Gordon.
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