Tropical Storm Gabrielle, the seventh named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, is forecast to become a hurricane by Sunday, but the system is not expected to impact South Florida or the U.S., meteorologists say.
Gabrielle’s current status
Friday morning, Tropical Storm Gabrielle is located 595 miles east-northeast of the Northern Leeward Islands with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph. Gabriella is moving west-northwest at 12 mph.
Gabrielle is forecast to become a hurricane by Sunday and pass east of Bermuda Sunday night and Monday. Swells generated by Gabrielle are expected to reach Bermuda tonight and build through the weekend. These swells are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions.
A tropical wave just off the west coast of Africa has a low potential of developing as it moves west-northwestward across the Atlantic.
2025 Atlantic hurricane season
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, forecast an above-normal hurricane season this year, predicting there will be between 13 and 18 named storms. Five to nine of those are expected to become hurricanes.
Erin was the first, and so far only, storm to become a hurricane this season. Erin didn’t make landfall, but at its peak grew to a ferocious Category 5, and it caused strong winds, dangerous rip currents and flooding along parts of the East Coast.
Historically, on average, hurricane and tropical storm activity peaks on Sept. 10, but this year has been quieter than expected when it comes to tropical systems in the Atlantic.
Nicole Brown Chau
contributed to this report.
