I am not qualified to give a professional answer, but i can tell you expect changes in the forecast track and in the models, as the data they intialize from continues to change. As Clark has said, it is way to early to comment on if and where this storm will affect the U.S.

Current NHC forecast has the system crossing over the DR, which is a rather mountainous terrain, and it could disrupt the strength of the system considerably. It is just something to continue watching for now, hopefully we will know more later this week.

Quick note on that post above, Florida is no longer the world's lightning capital, Rwanda in central Africa claimed that title, however, we are close behind and are the lightning capital of the U.S.