East Coast Tropical Storm.. Imminent Threat
As the week progresses, it's more imminent that Gabrielle will form in the next 36 hours. The models are all starting to pull more evidence that this storm will approach the Carolinas by weekend and up the coast by Monday. The GFDL and the GFS are predicting the system will make a loop in the Atlantic then back seaward to the coast. At this point it is pretty certain that it will develop into a named storm. The low has a clear low-level circulation center and steering currents are very weak, which will give the storm an opportunity to drift and build. As the storm develops more information will come in. Acronyms of the day: GFDL: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, GFS: Global Forecast System