The center of the cyclone should pass among the western groups (Flowers and crow) and Central (Third, Graciosa, Pico, São Jorge and Faial) on Friday“classified as Hurricane Category 1“.
Hurricane Gabrielle intensified this Monday to category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale (a maximum of 5), but should only arrive at the end of the week to the Azores, according to NATIONAL AMERICAN HURCHES CENTER (NHC on the acronym).
“People in the Azores archipelago have been advised to monitor the progress of Hurricane Gabrielle, which is now a category 4 hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean,” said the National Hurricane Center.
Gabrielle had 140 mph (220 kPH) sustained maximum winds On Monday afternoon, while moving to the southeast of Bermuda, according to a statement from the Hurricane Center.
This hurricane was located at 180 miles (290 kilometers) of the shorts and moved to the north northeast.
The hurricane, of great intensity, was still More than 2,000 miles (3,230 kilometers) west of the AzoresHowever, meteorologists project that the system will continue to the north and east in the coming days. And you can approach the Azorean islands until the end of the week.
Meteorologists said in the statement that a major change in Gabrielle’s wind strength was expected to be expected to be expected to be weakened on Tuesday and Wednesday. The system should also increase its advance speed over the next few hours.
The NHC also reported that Gabrielle will continue to be felt these days on the east coast of the United States, from North to North Carolina, as well as in Canada Atlantic, and that large waves will cause hazardous conditions and sea currents.
At the moment There are no surveillance or coastal warnings in forcealthough authorities have asked the Bermuda population to remain attentive to the evolution of the cyclone.
NHC warned that the waves generated by the hurricane They will continue to affect the shorts in the coming days.
Should pass the Azores on Friday
In a statement issued Monday afternoon, the Center for the Azores of the Azores I already mentioned that the Gabrielle Tropical Cyclone was today “at approximately 3,000 kilometers southwest of the western group” (Flores and Crow) of the Azores, “moving to Nor-Noroeste, being expected that over the next few hours it can intensifyr”.
According to the last update, the center of the cyclone should pass among the western groups (Flowers and crow) and Central (Third, Graciosa, Pico, São Jorge and Faial) on Friday“classified as Hurricane Category 1“The meteorologist of the IPMA Azores delegation, Elsa Vieira, said.
To keep the trajectory, a aggravation of the state of time on all islandsAs the cyclone approaches the archipelago, it warned that entity.
