A great review of the weather forecasting and results from Dr. Jeff Masters, click : HERE. He compares the various models used in predicting the track of the storm. The results show me that it should come as no surprise that the French are so good at distance sailing. Anyone who was aboard “Tempest” for the 2005 transatlantic race will remember the remarkable precision of the weather routing from Pierre, sitting behind his computer in France.
In Newport, we were certainly spared the worst.
Unless you are without power the chaos in New York and New Jersey are hard to miss. New England was so fortunate.