Tropical Depression 7 is expected to strengthen into a tropical storm later today or tonight and into a hurricane over the weekend.

The unusually quiet Atlantic is starting to become more conducive for tropical systems to develop, forecasters say.

A disturbance in the central Atlantic has a high chance of developing into a tropical depression or storm. If it strengthens, the system will be named Tropical Storm Gabrielle, the seventh of the 2025 season.

Warmer water temperatures and other weather factors are expected to increase the potential for hurricanes in the Gulf. AccuWeather's outlook here.

Tropical Storm Gabrielle formed over the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday morning, becoming this year's seventh named storm. Fortunately for us, forecasters expect the system to curve away from the U.S. as it strengthens, a path that a majority of this year's six other named storms have followed, mercifully avoiding direct hits to land.

Tropical Storm Gabrielle is "very likely to organize this week," Fox Weather said. What to expect in North Carolina. Any impacts?

The National Hurricane Center is tracking two systems in the Atlantic basin, including a new one moving into the Gulf.

AccuWeather meteorologists are tracking several potential trouble spots, including a system near the Carolinas, a tropical wave in the central Atlantic, and a zone stretching from the western Caribbean to the Gulf of Mexico.