UPDATE:  6:00 p.m. Gabrielle is now a tropical storm. A TS Watch has been posted for portions of the Virginia coast and the lower Chesapeake Bay. An earlier post follows. The links should update automatically.  

She's not quite a tropical storm, and may never be a hurricane, but "Subtropical storm" Gabrielle is on her way, the seventh named storm of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season. Maryland, especially the lower Eastern Shore, may see some of her wind and rain. Watch out for rip currents at the beaches.

But mostly this storm will impact the Carolinas before swerving away from the coast and heading for the open sea. 

Our weather will deteriorate late Sunday, it appears, and we're facing several days next week of gray, wet weather. But that will be due to a stubborn cold front now drifting our way from the north and west. Here's a bit of this morning's discussion from Sterling:

"ONLY EFFECTS GABRIELLE
APPEAR TO HAVE AT THIS TIME WILL BE SOME NUISANCE TO MINOR
COASTAL FLOODING...PLEASE SEE COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT
FOR MORE INFORMATION.  PRECIP WILL BE DRIVEN BY
FRONTAL BOUNDARY...WHICH MOVES THROUGH EARLY MON.
... AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AS SURFACE BOUNDARY REMAINS
STALLED TO OUR SOUTH AND DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS THE
AREA."

Here's our official forecast.

Here's the latest advisory on Gabrielle. Here's the predicted storm track. And here the view from orbit.