NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) - While Hurricane Gabrielle continues to travel westward, there's two spots behind it that could soon see tropical development.

Hurricane Gabrielle is about 1285-miles west of the Azores with maximum sustained winds of 115-mph.

Its hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 45-miles from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 140-miles.

The National Hurricane Center expects Gabrielle to see some acceleration over the next few days while traveling east-northeastward as its center approaches the Azores during the day on Thursday then moving inland Thursday night into Friday.

Even though Gabrielle is a category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, the NHC forecasts weakening during the next couple of days.

Hurricane Gabrielle

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