Activity is expected to ramp up, and a disturbance in the eastern Atlantic is likely to become a tropical depression later this week or weekend, according to the National Hurricane Center. AccuWeather forecasters are predicting it could become Tropical Storm Gabrielle before the weekend and could even become a hurricane by the end of the weekend.

A tropical wave developing in the Atlantic has a high chance of becoming a tropical depression, the National Hurricane Center said on Monday. The storm system, currently located near the Cabo Verde islands,