Tropical Storm Gaston

If Hurricane Earl and Tropical Storm Fiona were not enough to keep the National Hurricane Center busy, than Tropical Storm Gaston surely will be. The Storm was named this afternoon, and just complicates matters for the NHC who already have their hands full.

Tropical Storm Gaston, as of the 5 PM EST National Hurricane Center advisory, is located in the central Atlantic at 12.9°N 37.0°W. Currently it is a minimal tropical storm with winds of 40 miles per hours. It is moving due west at 15 miles per hour. The official track has Gaston moving slowly over the next 48 hours, before picking up forward speed on Saturday. The 5 day projected path brings Gaston about 300 miles East of the Leeward Islands on Monday. From there forecasts get more complicated. Several computer models have it entering the Caribbean Sea. As for intensity, it will likely strengthen to a category 1 hurricane by this weekend.