Updated on Sept. 2, 2025 at 9:30 a.m. ET.
The tropical disturbance that came off Africa on Sunday is still very disorganized and shows no signs of a circulation developing yet. The consensus of the computer forecast models is that the atmospheric conditions ahead of it will be supportive enough that it can develop into a tropical depression or Tropical Storm Gabrielle.
The National Hurricane Center now has the odds in the high category of the system becoming at least a depression over the next week. NHC forecasters are drawing a large potential development area because it's not clear when a bubble of atmosphere conducive to the system organizing will materialize.
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 7 NOW 'LIKELY' TO FORM SOON AS DISTURBANCE SLOWLY SWIRLS ACROSS ATLANTIC
Currently, the disturbance is a