I am - the GFS is just such a Global instrument of mass destruction - LOL
no, but I think that it is more trustworthy at least in the short term, seeing as it even knows it is there - the Euro doesn't make it abundantly clear that it is resolving Henri at point of initialization, it's not going to be subsequently clear that it is properly interacting with "reality" out in time just the same.
As far as the GFS out in time.. mm,don't know about that whole looping shit though. Time to work that/track I guess.
But a couple things occur to me.
One, west Atlantic ridges are notoriously under handled. Sandy was originally into Maine ... end up near Cape May, much for the same reason, the -NAO/westerly biased block became more mechanical in the steering as a correction - the track shifted west and ultimately down the coast accordingly.
Two, Fred appears to have ended up on the westerly envelope track - sometimes in situ synoptics repeat. Is this one of those times?
Both these two facets may lean a climo inference toward a west position - hey, at least there's a clad logic to this reasoning.
Also, I am seeing a primitive eye on vis this hour. A stronger system interacting with the surrounding medium "might" also alter matters. ..the impetus being, emerging eye may indicate strengthening.