A disorganized low-pressure area off Florida is showing increasing chances of becoming a tropical depression or tropical ...

Ever wonder how meteorologists predict hurricanes before they even form? :tornado: This video breaks down the fascinating, behind-the-scenes process of how a hurricane forecast comes together—from ...

Storm Impacts Outside Cone Case 1: In 2024, Hurricane Helene's forecast path correctly stayed west of the Tampa Bay region in the 48+ hours leading up to its landfall farther north in the Big Bend.

The hurricane cone is meant to show the area across which the center of a hurricane or tropical storm is most likely to track. Years of confusion about the cone — and research showing that many ...

The Atlantic hurricane season officially begins in one month, on June 1. Forecasters have a multi-year plan to reimagine the famous forecast cone.

The National Hurricane Center is urging journalists to focus less on storm hype and more on the overlooked dangers that actually kill people ...

The hurricane forecast cone was introduced in 2002 as a way to better communicate the track of an incoming storm to the public. But it’s had its challenges.

The “cone of uncertainty” map that the National Hurricane Center uses to communicate risk as storms form is getting some updates this year. The cone, which shows the probable path of the storm ...

Hurricane forecast cones don't show the full picture; inland threats can be devastating. 02:32 As Hurricane Milton demonstrated, a storm's impacts can stretch far beyond its center or the forecast ...

In addition, the hurricane center said the experimental graphic may not be available as soon as the current cone graphic, "due to the time needed to compile complete inland watch and warning ...

Storm Impacts Outside Cone Case 1: In 2024, Hurricane Helene's forecast path correctly stayed west of the Tampa Bay region in the 48+ hours leading up to its landfall farther north in the Big Bend.