“T.D. 7 could be named Tropical Storm Gert by midday Sunday”

Tropical Depression 7 could strengthen into Tropical Storm Gert before moving close to Bermuda, while extra-tropical storm Franklin pushes away over the northern Atlantic.

Franklin became an extra-tropical storm over the northern Atlantic, while the seventh tropical depression of the 2011 Atlantic Hurricane season formed southeast of Bermuda.

Tropical Storm Franklin encountered cooler water and stronger wind shear as it pushed into the northern Atlantic on Saturday, making the storm lose his tropical characteristics by 11 p.m. EDT on Saturday.

Satellite image of the remnants of Franklin show a very disorganized extra-tropical cyclone. Strong wind shear tore the storm apart late on Saturday.

While Franklin lost steam late Saturday, an area of low pressure that AccuWeather.com meteorologists have been monitoring for development picked up in intensity, becoming named the seventh tropical depression this season. The depression formed about 360 miles southeast of Bermuda.

Satellite image of the strengthening Tropical Depression 7 late on Saturday.

The low that formed into T.D. 7 was “part of the old circulation and moisture associated with Emily” according to AccuWeather.com Expert Senior Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski.

The AccuWeather.com Hurricane Center has the current stats on Tropical Depression 7.

The depression will continue moving in a west-northwest direction, while quickly gaining strength today. T.D. 7 could be named Tropical Storm Gert by midday Sunday.

The system may pass close to Bermuda on Monday as a tropical storm, bringing torrential downpours, tropical storm-force winds and battering surf.

By midweek, the storm will move to the east of Newfoundland, Canada. It appears that at the very least, rough surf could be stirred. Some rain and wind could impact the Canadian Province depending on the system’s exact track.

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