According to the National Hurricane Center, Gabrielle is forecast to pass east of Bermuda late Sunday into Monday and strengthen into a hurricane.

The storm is not an immediate threat to land, but it is expected to strengthen as it moves through the open Atlantic.

Though the storm — expected to become a hurricane on Sunday — is not expected to reach the U.S. East Coast, the swells it generates may.

Tropical Storm Gabrielle expected to become a hurricane. Tracking the tropics. Gabrielle tracks well east of the united states

Gabrielle continues west in the Atlantic but will not threaten the United States. Interests in Bermuda should closely monitor the system.

At 11 a.m. Sunday, the National Hurricane Center issued an advisory stating that Tropical Storm Gabrielle is in the Atlantic Ocean, 455 miles southeast of Bermuda. With maximum sustained winds of 65 mph, the system is moving to the north-northwest at 9 mph.

Some pop-up showers and thunderstorms are possible on Saturday but there is no organized threat of flash flooding on Saturday as tropical moisture begins to thin out.

Tropical Storm Gabrielle formed Tuesday morning in the open central Atlantic, but it’s basically been a mess ever since. The lopsided system, which has been left ragged as it battles harsh mid-level winds,

The storm is expected to continue moving northwestward through Saturday night, then begin turning to the north by Sunday.