Hurricane Gabriel has been making waves, quite literally, over the Central Subtropical Atlantic.
This storm became the second hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season after a period of struggling to gain organization and strength.
As the National Hurricane Center (NHC) monitors Gabriel’s movement toward Bermuda, there are some alarm bells regarding other potential tropical threats in the days ahead.
According to the latest NHC update, Hurricane Gabriel has shown rapid intensification, now classified as a Category 3 hurricane, with substantial sustained winds and gusts.
Just to clarify, an increase in maximum sustained winds in these types of storms can happen very swiftly—about 35 mph within a day.
The NHC indicates that Gabriel could continue to strengthen as it moves east of Bermuda, possibly reaching Category 4 status with winds hitting 130 mph before a weakening trend expected by midweek.
Presently, Hurricane Gabriel is about 180 miles southeast of Bermuda, heading north at around 10 mph. This path is likely to persist into Monday, transitioning to a quicker northeast or northeast-east trajectory by Tuesday and Wednesday.
The NHC has projected that Hurricane Gabriel should pass east of Bermuda.
While it’s not expected to make landfall in Bermuda, the swells generated by Gabriel will likely impact the island in the upcoming days, bringing with them showers and gusty winds.
These waves are already reaching the U.S. East Coast, as far north as North Carolina and into Atlantic Canada, and they’re expected to continue affecting these areas early in the week.
These swells could pose life-threatening conditions on local beaches.
Possible Development in the Atlantic
There are two additional areas of concern in the Atlantic that might see tropical development.
Various tropical waves in the central Atlantic continue to produce showers and thunderstorms between the Antilles and the Cabo Verde Islands.
The NHC is raising the chances for development in this system over the next couple of days, indicating potential growth in the coming week.
“Environmental conditions are expected to be favorable for development starting tomorrow, with the possibility of a tropical depression forming later this week, although the system will be moving toward the northwest across the Central Atlantic,” the NHC stated.
Currently, the NHC is monitoring the situation closely, with an increased likelihood of development in the system both in the short and longer term.
Another wave located east of the Lesser Antilles is also producing some scattered showers and thunderstorms.
It seems that environmental conditions might support slow development in the coming days, with these waves moving toward the west or west-northwest.
The NHC forecasts that this system is likely to slow down and shift northwest by the week’s end, with tropical depression formation possible while it’s in the southwestern Atlantic or near the Bahamas.
At this point, the NHC is giving this system a modest chance of developing in the next couple of days, with a moderate potential for growth over the next week.
