Wind shear and dry air are preventing Tropical Storm Gabrielle from strengthening.

Conditions are expected to change later this weekend or early next week and Gabrielle is forecast to become a hurricane.

Current forecasts predict Gabrielle will curve north and stay away from Florida and the U.S.

See what impacts we could see, even if Gabrielle stays away from the U.S.

Forecasters continue to predict Tropical Storm Gabrielle will become the season's second hurricane but on Thursday, Sept. 18, it was struggling.

As expected, Gabrielle is running into wind shear and dry air, both of which are preventing the storm from strengthening. Environmental conditions are expected to remain "hostile" for development for a couple more days and Gabrielle will either "hold steady or lose strength,"

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