This study evaluates the performance of the Numerical Tools for Hurricane Forecast (NTHF) system during the 2020 North Atlantic (NATL) tropical cyclones (TCs) season. The system is configured to provide 5-day forecasts with basic input from the National Hurricane Center (NHC) and the Global ...
and the ATWC (from now NHC employee Eric Blake), was about it, along with places like hurricane city that popped up shortly after. In 1996-1996 the actual flhurricane.com name began from Central Florida Hurricane Center. In 1999, it ...
The forecast from NOAA's Climate Prediction Center calls for a 60% chance of 13 to 19 named storms (normal is 12). Six to 10 of those could become hurricanes (normal is six) and three to six major hurricanes are forecast (normal is three). A storm qualifies for a name when maximum ...
Earlier in the year at the start of the 2020 Hurricane seasonI wrote about the Penn State University Hurricane Forecast review. So how did they do, did they get it right, or were they completely wrong? What was their 2020 forecast? Their forecast was for a rather large number of Hurrican...
We offer long-range forecasts of hurricane, typhoon and tropical cyclone activity in the Atlantic, NW Pacific, SW Pacific and Indian Ocean basins.
Forecasters began using the Greek alphabet to name tropical storms after they ran out of traditional names mid-September. The only time this has happened was during 2005 when several record-breaking hurricanes made history, includingKatrina, which claimed over 1,...
Forecast uncertainty is conveyed on the graphic by a “cone” (white and stippled areas) drawn such that the center of the storm will remain within the cone about 60 to 70 percent of the time. Remember, the effects of a tropical cyclone can span hundreds of miles. Areas well outside of...
June 1 is the start of hurricane season, and right on cue, theNational Hurricane Centerin Florida is tracking an area of disturbed weather in the Gulf of Mexico. Anyone living along the Gulf Coast in Texas or Louisiana appears to be marked safe by forecasters. In fact, the system only ...
forcing forecasters to dig deep into theGreek alphabet for names, having run out of theassigned namesin the middle of September. This breaks the former record set in 2005 of 28 named storms. A typical season only produces 12 named storms, so 2020 has already seen two and a half times mo...
Hurricane forecast cone changes for the 2023 season. (FOX Weather) Additionally, the agency said the public should be on the lookout for more Spanish-language products during the 2024 season. According to the Instituto Cervantes, a language school and cultural center, the U.S. is home to the...