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Tropical Storm Josephine is expected to battle increasingly unfavorable conditions as it tracks north of the Leeward Islands this weekend.

Josephine is located a couple hundred miles northeast of the Leeward Islands and is moving to the west-northwest.

Josephine is running out of time before more adverse atmospheric conditions, including drier and stronger wind shear, begin to batter the tropical storm.

Josephine should weaken during the weekend and into next week.

Josephine, or what's left of it, will track far enough north of the Leeward Islands to prevent major impacts this weekend. The system could also near Bermuda late in the upcoming week, but impacts are expected to be limited.

It does not appear Josephine will pose a threat to the mainland United States but check back to weather.com for updates.

Josephine is the earliest forming "J" storm on record in the Atlantic basin. The previous record was held by Jose in 2005, which formed more than a week later in the calendar on Aug. 22, as noted by Phil Klotzbach, a tropical scientist at Colorado State University.

We are heading into the peak of hurricane season, so it's time to make sure you are prepared for any of the future storms that develop in the months ahead.

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