Very good point, the eye is so wide open currently he is easy to follow.

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200809_model.html

and yeah.. just a drop perhaps of the forecast point..which is no big deal but they have been hitting the points perfectly, not happy its to the south of it... or close to south of it. See how the next few frames come in.

ships model brings it way too close to miami/fll

yeah, when the little kids are tracking, watching and everyone is talking there is a fatalistic feel about this, especially because the NHC was sooo good with Gustav's track from far out