A Hurricane Warning has been issued for the Azores as Hurricane Gabrielle continues to barrel across the Atlantic toward the islands and European coastline as a monster Category 3 hurricane. The National Hurricane Center says the storm is expected to bring life-threatening surf and rip current conditions to the U.

Forecasters said Gabrielle was likely to weaken soon as it drifts farther into the cooler northern latitudes of the North Atlantic later this week.

The storm, the second Atlantic hurricane of the season, is expected to move away from the United States, but its swells may cause dangerous rip currents along the East Coast.

Hurricane Gabrielle is continuing to barrel across the Central Subtropical Atlantic as a monster Category 4 hurricane on Tuesday morning. In addition to the threat of Hurricane Gabrielle, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) is also monitoring two other areas for potential tropical development in the Atlantic.

Two new systems with potential for development have popped up as Hurricane Gabrielle moves into the North Atlantic.