Hurricane center tracks Tropical Storm Gordon, 2 more systems

The remnants of what had been Hurricane Francine spread out over the Tennessee Valley on Friday, but the National Hurricane Center was still tracking newly formed Tropical Storm Gordon and two more systems that could develop.

As of the hurricane center’s 11 a.m. advisory, the center of Gordon was located 990 miles west-northwest of the Cape Verde Islands with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph as it moved west-northwest at 12 mph.

“The storm is expected to move more to the west this weekend and Monday,” forecasters said.