The former Hurricane Gabrielle is expected to bring heavy rain, high winds and a storm surge to the Azores islands despite forecasters downgrading the system.

Hurricane Gabrielle is churning across open Atlantic waters toward the Azore Islands as forecasters warn residents of the archipelago to be on guard for a possible strike later in the week.

The National Hurricane Center advised people in the Azores to monitor the progress of Hurricane Gabrielle which is now a Category 4 hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean.

A hurricane watch for the Cayman Islands and a tropical storm warning for Jamaica have been issued as a weather system in the Caribbean is expected to strengthen.

DiscussionAt 500 p.m. AST (2100 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Pablo was located near latitude 35.8 north, longitude 32.2 west. On this track, the small core of Pablo will pass near or over the Azores this weekend. Maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph (75 km/h) with higher gusts. No significant change in strength is anticipated, and Pablo is expected to become an extratropical cyclone in a couple of days to the northeast of the Azores. Pablo is a very small cyclone and its tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 35 miles (55 km) from the center.

Hurricane Lorenzo will pass near the Azores as a Category 2 storm and continue moving northeast. (CNN) - Warnings of flash flooding and dangerous high winds have been issued in Europe as remnants of the record-breaking Hurricane Lorenzo approach the continent. This will make it the first hurricane to track through the mid-Atlantic archipelago since 2012. Wave heights in western Ireland are expected to reach 40 feet on Thursday and Friday. 'Life-threatening surf'One to two inches (25 to 50mm) of rainfall is expected over the western Azores on Tuesday and Wednesday, reported the NHC.

Hurricane Lorenzo will pass near the Azores as a Category 2 storm and continue moving northeast. PONTA DELGADA, Azores - Multiple islands in the Atlantic were under a hurricane or tropical storm watch Monday morning as Hurricane Lorenzo inched closer. Early Monday, it was about 1,160 miles from the islands and packing 110 mph winds, the National Hurricane Center said. The hurricane center called the storm "large and powerful" and warned its wind fields would continue to expand in the next few days. The storm's winds may have weakened, the hurricane center said but emphasized the "area of the hurricane-force winds has more than doubled" since Saturday.

(CNN) - As Dorian makes its last gasps while it moves up the North American coast, the National Hurricane Center has its eye on two other storms brewing on either side of the United States. Neither storm is predicted at this time to reach land, but the hurricane center is monitoring them as they move and develop. Tropical Storm GabrielleTropical Storm Gabrielle is in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Juliette is about 1,175 miles midday Saturday from the southern tip of Baja California, the hurricane center said. "Juliette is expected to become a post-tropical remnant low Saturday," the hurricane center said.

Post-Tropical Cyclone525 miles S of The AzoresWindPressure30 mph29.83HeadingCoordinatesSSW at 8 mph27.9W, 30.4NDiscussionAt 1100 p.m. AST (0300 UTC), the center of Post-Tropical Cyclone Joyce was located near latitude 30.4 north, longitude 27.9 west. The post-tropical cyclone is moving toward the south-southwest near 8 mph (13 km/h). Maximum sustained winds are near 30 mph (45 km/h) with higher gusts. Gradual weakening is forecast, and the post-tropical cyclone is expected to dissipate within a couple of days. SatelliteWatches and WarningsThere are no coastal watches or warnings in effect.