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I find it interesting that most of the tropical forecast "Spaghetti" models put out by the NHC have Jose well out to sea as it tracks off the east coast of the US. But those models do not include the incredibly accurate ECMWF "European" model, which tracks the storm closer to the US east coast, but still sparing most of the coast from any rain and significant wind, just rough surf; however, the track seems to put it on a beeline toward the offshore waters of New England, specifically, not too far east of Massachusetts' Nantucket Island on Tuesday evening/Wednesday morning. It also shows some strengthening of the storm as it churns up the coast, which to me indicates it will be more of a Northeaster than a hurricane, since hurricanes tend to weaken as they move over the colder waters. But in any case, it doesn't look like a blockbuster storm, so no need to panic yet and start evacuating. It will be fun to watch to see if the European model will once again outsmart the other models and the human forecasters. Watch for the latest model updates twice daily on www.weather.unisys.com , click on ECMWF model. The American made GFS model is pretty good also, tracking it east of the ECMWF, but west of the tossed 'spaghetti' models.