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With Hurricane Harvey hitting the Texas Gulf Coast, I came across this article, while trying to learn about these different computer models.
I found the article in this PDF file an interesting read. I'm sure that there have been some advances in real-time prediction methods, since this article (Nov. 2008). And yet we still have estimates, which often disagree with each other.
https://www.tacc.utexas.edu/documents/13601/125287/science_center_of_storm.pdf
 
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scottdave said:
And yet we still have estimates, which often disagree with each other.
Predictive analysis in multiphysics is challenging.
 
Here is another news article from Science magazine, on this subject, WRT the current storm.
 
Here is a summary of Maria. There is an image showing the predicted paths Maria will take over the next 5 days, hopefully out to sea, rather than over the coast.

The last image is a table with the low pressure readings from various intense hurricanes. The pressure is just one key variable one has to include in a simulation.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/as-hurricane-maria-slowly-pulls-away-from-puerto-rico-the-us-east-coast-awaits-its-next-move/ar-AAsgETl?li=BBmkt5R
 
Five years later - https://www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...use-false-narratives-about-weather-forecasts/

. . . graphic below shows the reduction in average track errors in the Atlantic Basin from 1970 to 2020. Clearly, there are dramatic improvements in the 1 to 5 day range. Today, the average error at 1-day is less than 50 nautical miles. In the early 1970s, it was 2 to 3 times that amount. Today, a 3-day forecast is better than a 1-day forecast in 1970.

http://bmcnoldy.blogspot.com/2022/04/2022-cone-of-uncertainty-update.html
 
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