Ahead of the 2026 hurricane season, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) is transitioning its 2024 experimental forecast cone ...

The National Hurricane Center announced it was making several updates to products and services for the 2026 hurricane season.

It will account for how storms actually behave-not just how far off a forecast might be.

Forecasters will test a wider elliptical hurricane track graphic in 2026, aiming to show where storms are most likely to go ...

The current cone displays watches and warnings only for coastal counties. New cone will add interior counties to advise all residents of wind dangers from an approaching storm. The NHC wants to make ...

Cone graphics will now show inland watches and warnings.

For the first time, the operational forecast cone will include tropical storm and hurricane watches and warnings for inland ...

Updated hurricane cone maps highlight inland watches and warnings to show storm impacts beyond the forecast cone track.