Overview

• Gabrielle reached the Azores early Friday as a post-tropical system, with emergency services reporting evacuations, dozens of incidents, and gusts exceeding 150 km/h.
• Air travel in the archipelago was disrupted as Azores airline SATA canceled Friday morning flights and TAP warned of potential impacts at Ponta Delgada and Terceira through September 27.
• Guidance from the National Hurricane Center and Meteored indicates the center will likely come ashore between Lisbon and Cape St. Vincent on Sunday, bringing tropical-storm-force conditions to Lisbon, the Algarve, and western Huelva.
• Models highlight the greatest rainfall risk in Extremadura and western Andalusia, where totals could exceed 50 l/m2 with local peaks above 100 l/m2, while waves of 5–6 meters are possible on Galicia’s Atlantic coast and in the Gulf of Cádiz.
• Organizers canceled the Mini Transat’s first stage for safety, directing skippers to seek harbor, with sailor Hugo Ramón reported about 190 miles from the continent as the system approaches.