It's probably the hurricane season's most eagerly awaited piece of information for a brewing storm: the forecast path. Sometimes called the "cone of uncertainty", it's a useful tool for tracking where ...

Decades of improvements in tropical cyclone forecasting have led to slimmer and more accurate hurricane track cones with this year’s ubiquitous funnel 3% to 5% smaller as compared to 2024. The cone, ...

When a hurricane threatens land, one of the most familiar images you’ll see on weather maps is the “cone of uncertainty.” This cone shows the probable path of the storm’s center based on forecast ...

The "cone of uncertainty" represents a projected path for a named storm and covers days 1 through 5 of a forecast. The USA TODAY Network in Florida provides daily tropics watch reports during ...

The "cone of uncertainty" represents a projected path for a named storm and covers days 1 through 5 of a forecast. The USA TODAY Network in Florida provides daily tropics watch reports during ...

If you’ve ever taken even a cursory glance at a hurricane forecast, you’ve seen some version of the “cone of uncertainty.” It sounds like some other-dimensional realm of indecision, but it’s a ...

The cone represents the probable track of the storm's center, with a 66% chance of it staying within the cone. Misinterpretations of the cone include assuming all impacts will occur within its ...