( CNN ) -- Hurricane Gordon churned across the eastern Azores early Monday after making landfall on the northern Atlantic islands , forecasters said . The center of the storm is expected to pass between Santa Maria Island and San Miguel Island on Monday morning , the National Hurricane Center in Miami said . The Azores are roughly 950 miles ( 1,529 kilometers ) west of Lisbon , Portugal . `` Swells generated by Gordon will cause dangerous surf and rip current conditions in the central and eastern Azores , '' the weather agency said . As of Monday morning , the hurricane was moving east-northeast at about 20 mph ( 32 kph ) and carried maximum sustained winds of 75 mph ( 120 kph ) . Gordon was expected to weaken after leaving the Azores . A projection map shows the hurricane weakening to a tropical depression between the Azores and mainland Europe .
The Azores are roughly 950 miles ( 1,529 kilometers ) west of Lisbon , Portugal . Hurricane Gordon is expected to pass between the Azores and mainland Portugal .