Tropical storm Jose’s latest track now puts NJ in forecast cone

Jose has maximum sustained winds of 70 miles per hour, a far cry from last week when it was a Category 4 storm.

Jose became a hurricane again Friday evening, and the storm could impact New England sometime next week.

Forecast tracks showed the storm, now about 485 miles (785 km) southwest of Bermuda, heading up off the East Coast and possibly glancing New York, New England or Canada’s maritime provinces. The vast majority of computer models still keep the storm out to sea, but a few show it making a potential landfall along the East Coast, CNN meteorologist Brandon Miller said.

The coast will see some higher surf, unsafe rip currents and possiblly some rain Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.

Hurricane Jose is still barely a Category 1 storm.

Regardless, large swells generated by Jose will continue to affect the Bahamas, Bermuda and the north coasts of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands the next several days.

By 2 a.m. Wednesday, Jose is expected to be about 200 miles off the coast of DE, with 80-mile-per-hour winds. It’s 475 miles east-northeast of the Southeastern Bahamas.

Jose is now located just over 360 miles northeast of the Bahamas and is moving northwest between 5 and 10 mph.

Forecasters said they will wait for more consistency in the models over the upcoming runs before moving their track to the west, and said their forecast track is now on the eastern side of all the guidance.

The storm is being steered by a high pressure ridge to the north.

Jose already has threatened other hurricane-weary countries.

Check the latest National Hurricane Center forecast online.

Hurricane Jose narrowly avoided making another strike on the Leeward Islands on September 9, just a few days after Hurricane Irma’s catastrophic blow.

It is the fourth major hurricane to pose a threat to America and the nearby southern islands this season – after Harvey and Katia (the latter of which caused no real damage). Hurricane Jose, TS Lee, and probably Hurricane Maria.