I don't think any Hurricane can reach that lattitude before transitioning.. However, I do believe it will take some time for Noel to transition into an Extratropical storm.. Folks from Long Island northwards are gonna get beat up by this storm.. I was listening to the weather media online last night and he mentioned if the trough is stronger, then the closer it will get to the USA.. We'll have to see what happens, the Carolinas may actually get a feder band from Noel due to it's large size..I think it's the size of Floyd now.. I may be wrong.