As Hurricane Gabrielle Fades, Two Tropical Threats Emerge in the Atlantic

The latest storm of the 2025 Atlantic Hurricane season, Hurricane Gabrielle, is not expected to have a significant impact on travel as it moves through the Atlantic this week.

As of 5 a.m. Tuesday, Gabrielle was a massive Category 4 hurricane roughly 305 miles east-northeast of Bermuda, moving away from North America at 13 mph. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) forecasts that the storm will continue on its east-northeastward track through Thursday. Despite its strength, Gabrielle poses no direct threat to the eastern coast, and the NHC has issued no coastal watches or warnings. Forecasters are currently only advising those in the Azores to monitor the storm’s progress.

What’s more concerning for travelers are two other systems currently forming in the central Atlantic, both of which could potentially become the next named storm of the season.

The first is a tropical wave located about 1,000 miles east of the Lesser Antilles. The NHC is warning that conditions are becoming more favorable for development into a tropical depression by Thursday or Friday as the system moves west-northwestward across the western tropical Atlantic. The NHC gives this system an 80% chance of forming into a storm over the next week.

The second system is closer to the Caribbean, just about 100 miles east of the Leeward Islands as of Tuesday morning. While less likely to form a storm—the NHC is giving it a 50% chance—it is more likely to impact travel because of its closer proximity. Regardless of whether it becomes more organized, the system is expected to bring gusty winds and heavy rainfall to the Leeward Islands on Tuesday, and to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands by Wednesday.

Should either of the systems become a named storm, the next name on the 2025 Atlantic season’s list is Humberto.