It's a staple of every hurricane season: the forecast "cone of uncertainty," which warns the public of the projected path of a tropical depression, storm or hurricane. But there are some important ...

NORFOLK, Va. — When I started as a professional meteorologist in 1980, long-range hurricane forecasts from the National Hurricane Center (NHC) went out three days, or 72 hours. It would be over 20 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Decades of improvements in tropical cyclone forecasting have led to slimmer and more accurate hurricane track cones with this year ...

Weather forecasts have gotten quite good over the years, but their temperatures aren’t always spot on — and the result when they underplay extremes can be lethal. Even a 1-degree difference in a ...

The 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season has been relatively quiet, especially since we're expecting above-average tropical activity this season. After a period of no tropical activity, the arrival of ...