Hurricane Season 2016 is picking up steam, with Tropical Storm Gaston having formed in the Atlantic on Monday. Tropical Storms Fiona and Kay still linger in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (respectively), while three additional weather systems out at sea are all projected to strengthen to tropical cyclone status, and at least one expected to become the eighth named tropical storm in the Atlantic later this week.

According to the most recent update from the National Hurricane Center (NHC), Tropical Storm Gaston, which formed late Monday off the coast of Africa, continues to strengthen while rapidly moving in a west-northwesterly direction.