Wow, Earl is quite a beauty.

This storm has gone beserk though, as far as intensity. Already a major hurricane, TWC (or I guess I should say the NHC) has this storm with winds as high as 145 mph by Wednesday afternoon.

Now can anyone identify what is causing this storm to brush the coast and not make a direct hit? Is it a ridge of high or low pressure?

Because, although it may lose some intensity, direct landfall would be catastropic for the East Coast.
