Hurricane Jose update: Storm’s U-turn towards Florida means it will come 'awfully close'
HURRICANE Jose’s U-turn towards Florida means it will come “awfully close” to hitting the south east coast of the United States, according to a forecaster.
Hurricane Jose: Storm U-turn threatens Florida coast
Monica Cortez, of NC9 Today, said while Hurricane Jose was “not expected to hit Florida”, meteorologists were keeping a “very close eye” on the storm.
It comes as Hurricane Irma tore a path of destruction across the Caribbean and through the south east.
Ms Cortez said: “We’re also keeping another eye on Jose. Why, well because look at what it does. So, right now, it’s a category one hurricane.
“It’s going to move away from land so that’s great, but look at how it just turns around makes kind of like a U-turn and moves back closer to the United States.
Hurricane Jose could come "awfully close" to Florida's coast
It’s not expected to hit Florida but it comes awfully close to the east coast of the United States
"It’s not expected to hit Florida but it comes awfully close to the east coast of the United States.
“So we’re going to be keeping a very, very close eye on Jose. Right now, this is what the models are showing so, of course, this is a little bit of a concern for us.
“We’re just getting out of Irma.”
After Hurricane Irma devastated islands such as Barbuda, Saint Martin and Anguilla, islanders were braced for the arrival of its fellow Hurricane Jose.
But by Saturday afternoon, the hurricane was moving away from the northern Leeward Islands and the warnings were downgraded to lesser alerts.
Hurricane Jose is now doing the loop the loop over the Atlantic amid fears that it could loop back and head towards the Caribbean or the USA.
Meteorologist Michael Ventricle, from the University of Albany, tweeted: “Seeing a favorable trend in our Calibrated ECMWF EPS that takes Hurricane #Jose out to sea. Still worth watching, but good news nevertheless.”
However the remnants of Hurricane Irma coupled with Jose, could still produce poor weather along the coast.