Gabrielle continues to get a little better organized this morning. The subtropical storm seems to be slowly making the transition to a full tropical system. The highest winds are still well removed from the center, one of the characteristics of a subtropical system.
The center of Gabrielle is located 255 miles southeast of Cape Lookout, North Carolina. Movement is NW at 10 mph.
Here is the official forecast track…
Top winds are 45 mph. The central pressure is 1009 millibars. There is a short window of opportunity for Gabrielle to strengthen before landfall.
Tropical storm warnings have been issued along the North Carolina Coast from Surf City to the Virginia border.
An Air Force Hurricane Hunter plane is due into the storm around 4 p.m. CDT.
