CaneTracker -- they are likely a little to the left, yes, but the 5 day forecast isn't going to be greatly affected given the current environment. Plus, the NHC can take that into account if they do believe it will largely impact the forecast, as they likely did for the 12-36hr forecasts.

Mike -- I just noticed the Google map plots this evening when looking at the storm pages; it is a really cool feature, I think. For anyone who hasn't seen them, take a look at an example with Emily by clicking on the storm information to the left, then click on the Google Map link in the middle of the page that appears.