Gabrielle underwent a period of rapid intensification. In roughly 18 hours the storm strengthened from a Category 1 with 75mph winds to a Category 4 with 140mph winds.

The weather system that’s Tropical Storm Gabrielle is expected to intensify into a hurricane by the end of Sunday, according to the National Hurricane Center’s forecast. Here’s the latest from the hurricane center.

The hurricane center was also tracking two other tropical disturbances, both of which could become tropical depressions this week.

The National Hurricane Center advised people in the Azores to monitor the progress of Hurricane Gabrielle which is now a Category 4 hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean.

Gabrielle is the seventh named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season and the first tropical storm since Tropical Storm Fernand formed Aug. 23.

Tropical Storm Gabrielle is intensifying southeast of Bermuda, nearing hurricane strength with winds of 100 kmph.

Tropical Storm Gabrielle should strengthen over the weekend and Norwegian Escape is shortening her visit to Bermuda to stay out of the way.

At 11 a.m. Sunday, the National Hurricane Center issued an advisory stating that Tropical Storm Gabrielle is in the Atlantic Ocean, 455 miles southeast of Bermuda. With maximum sustained winds of 65 mph, the system is moving to the north-northwest at 9 mph.