Forecasters believe it’s likely that Tropical Storm Gabrielle will form in the Atlantic soon; it is not yet known where it could go once it does and unclear whether the U.S. coastline is at risk from it.

According to the latest Tropical Outlook issued by the National Hurricane Center, a tropical wave located over the eastern tropical Atlantic a few hundred miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde islands continues to produce disorganized showers and thunderstorms. According to forecasters at the Miami based agency, environmental conditions remain conducive for gradual development of this system during the next several days, and a tropical depression is likely to form late this week or this weekend. This system is expected to move westward to west-northwestward at around 15 mph across the eastern and central tropical Atlantic into early next week.

Beyond becoming a tropical depression, forecast models call for the system to grow into a tropical storm. Once that happens it would be given the next name from the list of Atlantic storms which would be Gabrielle.

September 10 is typically the peak time of a hurricane season that runs from June 1 to the end of November in the Atlantic.