Hurricane Irene’s Path: How Do Forecasters Predict the ‘Cone of Uncertainty’?

You’ve seen Hurricane Irene’s path predicted on maps: lime green states, electric blue water and a white upside-down teardrop running smack into North Carolina. But hurricanes are fickle and go where they will, so how do weather forecasters nail them down? Actually, they don’t, which is part of the problem when you’re wrestling mathematically with

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Hurricane Irene’s Path: How Do Forecasters Predict the ‘Cone of Uncertainty’?

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