GEORGIA - Tropical Storm Imelda officially formed Sunday afternoon, according to the latest update from the National Hurricane Center.

Watches and Warnings for Imelda

What we know:

Tropical storm warnings are in effect for the Bahamas.

A tropical storm watch has been posted for Florida’s east coast from Jupiter to just south of St. Augustine. That could mean winds near 40 mph along the Florida coastline through Sunday.

Imelda track

What they're saying:

Forbes said model confidence has increased in the past 24 hours that the storm will turn east before reaching the U.S. coast.

"Yesterday we were talking about a low degree of confidence about this turn. I would say now a medium to high degree of confidence," Forbes explained. "That means we won’t have a landfalling hurricane in the

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