Tropical Storm Gabrielle likely to become hurricane
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Gabrielle forecast to strengthen into hurricane by Sunday
It formed on Wednesday morning over the central tropical Atlantic Ocean.Sign up for our NewslettersAs of the 5 a.m. advisory, Gabrielle was located about 580 miles southeast of Bermuda. It was moving west-northwest at 9 mph with 65 mph maximum sustained winds.
Not a single named storm has formed in the Atlantic Ocean in nearly three weeks, even though it’s the peak of hurricane season. “Where the heck are the Atlantic #hurricanes?” Philip Klotzbach, a meteorologist at Colorado State University,
This year has been quieter than expected for tropical systems in the Atlantic, making some wonder: Where are all the hurricanes?