Gaston is expected to gradually intensify over the next few days as it heads slowly westward.  We have a lot of time to watch this one develop.  This storm makes it four tropical storms now in the last 11 days.  I'm telling you there's a proverbial light switch for the tropics that Mother Nature turned on a couple weeks ago. 

Update:  Well, this forecast went wrong.  Instead of gradually intensifying, Gaston has lost its center of circulation and most of its convection.  It has degenerated into a remnant low.  No more advisories will be issued on this storm.  The remnants may have a chance to regenerate into Gaston again, but it'll need to regain a lot to be considered a tropical cyclone again.