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Tropical Storm Gabrielle fighting wind shear, Saharan dust as it moves over the Central Atlantic
Tropical Storm Gabrielle is moving over the Atlantic, but the National Hurricane Center says the system remains poorly organized after developing. FOX 13 meteorologist Jim Weber has the latest.
TAMPA, Fla. - Tropical Storm Gabrielle is moving over the Atlantic, but the National Hurricane Center says the system remains poorly organized after developing on Wednesday morning.
Tropical Storm Gabrielle's track
As of 11 a.m. Thursday, Gabrielle was located at 20.3N and 51.7W with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph.
The tropical storm is moving west-northwest at 15 mph.
FOX 13 meteorologists say Gabrielle remains disorganized as it battles wind shear and Saharan dust over the next couple of days.
The storm should move into more favorable conditions for intensification, however, late this weekend into next week. That should allow Gabrielle to strengthen into a hurricane. A primary driver in the storm's potential strengthening is the warmer sea surface temperatures that lie ahead of it.
As for its track, many models show Gabrielle staying far east of the United States, and even east of Bermuda – which is now out of the NHC's "cone."
Other activity in the tropics
The NHC is also watching a tropical wave moving off the west coast of Africa, giving it a 20% chance of development in the next seven days.
The next name on our 2025 storm naming list would be Humberto if anything new were to develop.
The Source: This story was written using information from FOX 13 meteorologists and the National Hurricane Center.
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