As Hurricane Gabrielle moves farther out to sea, two areas of interest are being watched for potential development in the tropical Atlantic Ocean. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is calling it a "complex scenario" in the coming days as two storms could potentially interact with one another off the coast of the southeastern U.S.

Gabrielle is forecast to continue weakening due to increased wind shear and cooler sea-surface temperatures as it moves northeast. Still, forecasters said the storm will likely bring hurricane conditions to the Azores late Thursday through Friday.

The storm, the first hurricane to strike the Portuguese islands in more than a decade, seemed not to cause significant damage.

Gabrielle has strengthened into a major hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean but was forecast to remain far from land. The Miami-based National Hurricane Center says Monday that Gabrielle’s

Tropical Storm Gabrielle formed over the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday morning, becoming this year's seventh named storm. Forecasters expect the system to curve away from the U.S. as it strengthens, a path that a majority of this year's six other named storms have followed, mercifully avoiding direct hits to land.

A complex weather dance is underway in the central Atlantic Ocean this week as a pair of developing tropical systems try to get their act together.

Tropical activity has increased in the Atlantic Ocean as the WPTV First Alert Weather Team is tracking two named storms and one other area that has a high chance of developing.