Tropical Storm Gabrielle
Tropical Storm Gabrielle was officially named by the National Hurricane Center at 11 am today. Gabrielle is maintaining a NW track at 14 mph in the Central Atlantic. Its previous center of circulation (debatable if it had one at all) dissipated, and has reformed a bit further north. That doesn't mean much, other than it is now slightly more organized. It now has 50 mph sustained winds with gusts to 65 mph. Gabrielle still has a very broad circulation, and its structure is very disorganized.
Gabrielle will not strengthen much over the next two days, but is expected to see some gradual intensification this weekend. Most model guidance keep Gabrielle far away from the east coast, but its still very early to tell its eventual path.
Gabrielle is our 7th named storm of the season, ending a 20 day streak with no named storms in the Atlantic. Hurricane season has been slow so far, but we are still only just over halfway through the season.
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