Hurricane Jose Path Map, Tracker Latest Update: Hurricane Will Possibly Weaken Into Tropical Storm, Says NHC
Still in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, Hurricane Jose is expected to weaken before it hits the U.S. West Coast next week.
Hurricane Jose was last located around 435 miles (700 km) north-northeast of Grand Turk Island, the capital island of the Turks and Caicos, according to NHC's 11 a.m. EDT advisory (via Express).
Although the hurricane is expected to make a loop, recent long-term forecast models for Hurricane Jose are scattered around the map. Some of the models put the storm in the Atlantic, while others keep the storm closer to Maryland, Virginia or North Carolina.
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Another model takes the storm through the Bahamas before hitting Florida. The NHC expects a full six days of movement, with Hurricane Jose already 300 miles away from its current location.
"Until Jose is farther along on its loop, the models are likely to have large errors, and we should not take too much comfort (or indulge in too much angst) over a particular set of model runs," said Weather Underground meteorologist Jeff Masters.
Over the next couple of days, forecasters are expecting rough surf and the possibility of rip currents in the Bahamas, Hispaniola, as well as the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Last Sunday, Hurricane Jose passed north of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean islands as a Category 4 hurricane. The Netherlands navy recently said things are "better than expected" after the storm went on with its track overnight.
On late Monday afternoon, the NHC announced that Hurricane Jose continues to move far northeast of the Bahamas. The department said it is expected to keep on getting weaker as the days go by. In terms of intensity, the center is predicting a high-end Category 1 hurricane with 90-mph winds by the weekend.
