But that is also its downfall. 🌀 2025 Hurricane Season Guide: Storm preparedness tips, supply list, evacuation zones How to understand a hurricane's "cone of uncertainty" People can misread the ...

The cone graphic is meant to inform people about the center of a hurricane's probable track. It doesn't reflect the size of the storm, nor does it indicate the full area of its impact.

How to understand a hurricane's "cone of uncertainty" People can misread the cone graphic, believing a hurricane’s damaging winds, storm surge and flooding rain will fit neatly inside the ...

The new experimental cone reflects watches and warnings issued for interior counties. Previously, the NHC cone of concern shows the projected path of a tropical storm or hurricane, as well as the ...

The cone's size is based on how accurate or inaccurate the NHC's forecasts have been over the past five years. The center of the storm tends to stay within the cone for roughly two out of every ...