According to the 06Z GFS forecast, that's exactly what is going to happen.
Matthew will weaken to a tropical storm and arrive back in Miami next
Wednesday. It will hang around for a few days, strengthen, drift over to
Nasau, and then strengthen further.
This is going to be very interesting to watch.
>
> The 1100 EDT NHC forecast has Matthew making a broad clockwise
>circular turn to the southeast over the weekend. I hope that this
>does not result in Matthew revisiting the east coast next week, but
>we saw this sort of path earlier with TS Julia. This is going to
>bear close watching.
>
>>
>> Yes, this is a radical departure from the previous forecasts, and
>>certainly a great relief to the northeast Atlantic coast. I suspect
>>that TS Nicole had some influence here. It will still be a strong
>>category 3 or weak category 4 storm when it gets to Miami on Friday.
>>
>>>
>>>NOAA's 5 AM track for Wednesday 10/5 shows a significant difference from
>>>the previous several forecasts. Previously, the location for "2 AM Sat"
>>>was right on the coast at the North Carolina/South Carolina state lines.
>>> Now it's near the Florida/Georgia line and a significant distance from
>>>the coast. This shows a significant slowing of the path of the storm
>>>and also a significant weakening. IIRC, the storm was still a Major (M)
>>>hurricane at that latitude in previous forecasts.
>>>
>>
>
>
>Chris
>
>When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
> - Hunter S. Thompson
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