Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Tropical storm Gabrielle gained strength overnight and is forecast to turn northward over the central Atlantic later Sunday before weakening as no threat to land, the National Hurricane Center said.
In its 5 p.m. EDT update, the NHC said the center of Tropical Storm Gabrielle was about 1,250 miles west of the Azores. It had maximum sustained winds at 65 mph and was traveling northwest at 16 mph. Gabrielle will become a hurricane if it reaches 74 mph wind speeds.