It's definitely being sheared at the moment, and there's remote chance that it could do a Chris and be sheared naked.
I hope that happens, because if it survives long enough reach the western Caribbean, the conditions there are great for rapid intensification.
Unfortunately, the Hurricane Center thinks it will survive, and is expecting it to become a hurricane within the next 72 hours.
Oh my gosh, that area from Beaumont-Mobile just can't catch a break. Anything out there that would push it in a more S direction?