Thanks guys for the good sites and information. I indeed located the models within the first post, and thats where I got the information from NOGAPS. I agree with ya Colleen...my tone was intended to be a bit sarcastic. I really wanted to know what was the "influence" that turned the system West after 72 hours in the nogaps model, since I truly can't figure out why it has it shifting so sharply in that direction.

As for the northward jog, I can't explain that either, although I admit I am not a scientist by trade. Can anyone shed some more light on the competing factors we have here, and more importantly, on the intensity forecasts?

Brett