SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Things are starting to pick up in the tropics as the 7th named storm of the season has developed. Tropical storm Gabrielle is not expect to impact the U.S. as it will be mainly a fish storm. It is expected to move into a favored area for strengthening in a couple of days as it moves through the central Atlantic.

The latest on Gabrielle is that it is expected to stay as a tropical storm over the next 3 days and then it will move into a more favorable area in the central Atlantic and could become a hurricane by this weekend.

It is expected to move to the WNW then NW away from Puerto Rico and U.S. and British Virgin Islands. It will get close to Bermuda in about 5 days from now. It looks to be a fish storm, meaning it wont impact any land areas for at least the next

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