However, the island will still feel the storm's presence.
Tropical Storm Gabrielle's winds increased to 65 mph on Saturday afternoon. The storm was expected to continue to strengthen and become a hurricane tonight or on Sunday. Hurricane-force winds begin at 74 mph.
Tropical Storm Gabrielle continued to strengthen on Saturday and could become a hurricane as soon as tonight, according to forecasters. The storm had 65 mph sustained winds, according to the National Hurricane Center. Those winds need to increase to at least 74 mph for Gabrielle to become a hurricane. If that happens it would make Gabrielle the second hurricane of 2025 in the Atlantic. The other was Erin in August. Gabrielle was far to the northeast of the Leeward Islands on Saturday and is forecast to turn more to the north today, and the official forecast path keeps the storm far away from the United States.However, the hurricane center’s track forecast shows the center of the storm passing to the east of Bermuda from Sunday night into Monday. “While the chances of impacts are decreasing, interests on Bermuda should continue to monitor Gabrielle’s forecasts since some wind and rainfall impacts are still possible,” the hurricane center said Saturday afternoon. As of 4 p.m. CDT Saturday, the center of Tropical Storm Gabrielle was located about 580 miles southeast of Bermuda.The hurricane center said the center of Gabrielle should pass east of Bermuda on Sunday night and Monday. More strengthening is forecast, and Gabrielle is expected to become a hurricane tonight or on Sunday, forecasters said. The hurricane center’s intensity forecast suggests Gabrielle could peak as a Category 2 hurricane with winds up to 105 mph The weather in Bermuda was pleasant as of Saturday afternoon, but the hurricane center said waves from Gabrielle were beginning to reach the island and would increase through the weekend.The island could also get wind and rain from the storm as it passes to the east. Waves from Gabrielle could also reach the U.S. East Coast from North Carolina northward, along with Atlantic Canada, later this weekend into early next week, forecasters said.A tropical wave in the eastern Atlantic has a low chance of developing into a tropical depression in the next seven days.The hurricane center on Saturday continued to track another tropical wave in the eastern Atlantic. That wave was disorganized on Saturday and had only a 20 percent chance of becoming a tropical depression in the next seven days.The Gulf and Caribbean remained quiet on Saturday, with no tropical systems anticipated to develop in the next seven days. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our
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