Tropical Storm Gabrielle loses her punch in Caribbean

TORONTO – Gabrielle…we hardly knew you.

Tropical Storm Gabrielle — which went from a tropical disturbance to a tropical depression to a tropical storm in under 24 hours – has lost her strength, much to the relief of people in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.

Though Gabrielle lost her storm status, the disturbance continues to produce heavy rainfall and strong winds.

There is still a very low chance that the system could reorganize and become a tropical cyclone over the next 48 hours.

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Two other disturbances, called tropical lows, are also affecting the Atlantic. System 99L is an area of low pressure in the southwestern part of the Gulf of Mexico. Lows are responsible for unsettled weather like rain and thunderstorms. In hurricane season, these lows can become hurricanes if they’re given the right amount of heat.

System 98L is far in the eastern Atlantic about 720 km west-southwest of the Cape Verde islands.