Overview

• The National Hurricane Center held Gabrielle at 65 mph early Sunday about 455 miles southeast of Bermuda, moving north-northwest near 9 mph, with hurricane status expected later today.
• On the current track, the center will pass east of Bermuda on Monday before turning northeast and heading back into the open Atlantic.
• Forecasts call for peak intensity near Category 2 strength of roughly 100 mph before the system encounters cooler waters and begins to weaken.
• Large swells are building around Bermuda and are set to reach the U.S. East Coast from North Carolina northward and Atlantic Canada, creating life-threatening surf and rip currents.
• Hurricane Hunter aircraft reported mixed signs of immediate intensification this morning, while the NHC raised to about 40% the seven-day development odds for a separate tropical wave west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands.