Improvements in forecast accuracy have provided governments with significantly better insights into when and where to order an evacuation and urge homes and businesses to board up and leave. (Photo: Carolina K. Smith/Adobe Stock)
You may not have noticed it, but weather forecasts are getting better, particularly for hurricanes. In fact, a modern five-day Atlantic hurricane track forecast is as accurate as a three-day forecast was in the early 2000s. Useful forecasts now reach nine to 10 days into the future.
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