re: Major Hurricane! Joaquin! Finally Moving Northward and OTS

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Tropical Storm Joaquin is on the verge of becoming a hurricane, and hurricane watches and warnings have been issued for the Bahamas while we nervously eye its potential to affect the U.S. East Coast.

Tropical Storm Joaquin continues to intensify slowly, as wind shear -- harmful to the intensification of tropical cyclones -- lessens, and it appears likely to become a hurricane just east of the Bahamas before a complicated atmospheric pattern makes its future track – including any potential landfall on the U.S. East Coast – extremely difficult to forecast.

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