Hurricane Gabrielle, located southeast of Bermuda, overcame dry air and wind shear over the weekend as it moved across the Atlantic. Gabrielle has strengthened to a major, Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind scale while less than 200 miles of Bermuda. AccuWeather meteorologists are also tracking other systems for possible tropical development across the Atlantic Basin.

Gabrielle struggled to survive on Thursday, but on Friday and Saturday, thunderstorms became intense on the storm's eastern side as wind speeds crept upward.

On Sunday afternoon, the storm became a hurricane. By Monday morning, Gabrielle was packing 120-mph sustained winds and was 195 miles to the southeast of Bermuda.

The hurricane was moving through a zone with low combative winds (lower wind shear

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