Updated at 9:45 a.m. ET on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025
Hurricane Gabrielle will make its closest approach to Bermuda later today. The center is forecast to track more than 150 miles offshore, but the storm will cause large, dangerous swells to impact the island. Winds are not expected to be dangerously strong.
Some swells are reaching the U.S. East Coast. The ocean will begin to calm down tomorrow as Gabrielle accelerates into the open ocean. The Azores Islands off Portugal will have to keep an eye on it for later in the week.
Developing tropical disturbances
The National Hurricane Center reintroduced a disturbance we were watching last week – the orange X on the map. I’m calling it Disturbance 2, just to keep them straight. This was the one we were concerned about because it was forecast t