The track of Hurricane Earl continues to be in a westward direction this early Tuesday morning as the storm continues to move away from the Virgin Islands in the Northeast Caribbean. The latest forecast calls for Earl to be very close to the Outer Banks of North Carolina on Thursday morning, and east of the Jersey Shore on Friday morning. However, it is still to early to tell whether or not Earl will have a direct impact on the Garden State. Nevertheless, long period swells from the storm will begin to affect the Jersey coast on Wednesday with possible tropical storm conditions to follow on Thursday and Friday.