Hurricane Intensity Forecast

A.I. Hurricane Models Were Front and Center

Why the National Hurricane Center bet big on AI to forecast Isaias

In forecasting Hurricane Isaias, meteorologists at the National Hurricane Center in Miami have shaped their predictions to closely match an AI hurricane model.

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Isaias becomes Atlantic season’s first hurricane, forecast to threaten Florida as Category 2

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A.I. Hurricane Models Were Front and Center as Isaias Headed Toward Land

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More than 850,000 US households without power after Hurricane Isaias makes landfall in Florida

More than 850,000 properties are without power after Hurricane Isaias made landfall on the US Gulf Coast.

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Hurricane Isaias knocks out power for thousands

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Hurricane Isaias kills at least four people as millions are still under threat

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Hurricane Isaias strengthens to category three as evacuations orders issued along US Gulf Coast

Some Florida airports are scheduled to close ahead of landfall, while Amtrak services in parts of Louisiana and Alabama are also disrupted

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Isaias remnants on track to bring heavy rain, thunderstorms, tornado threats to N.J. Sunday

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What to know as Hurricane Isaias hits land in United States and kills four

High-tech 'new tools' used in hurricane forecasts, NHC director says

For decades, improving the accuracy of track forecasts for dangerous hurricanes like Isaias plodded along at a slow and steady pace. Improvement in intensity forecasting was even slower.

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Google DeepMind’s Hurricane Forecast Model Provides a Whole Extra Day of Warning

Google DeepMind is a winner of the 2026 Gizmodo Science Fair for creating WeatherNext Cyclones, a highly accurate AI weather model that gives forecasters an extra day of warning. Can a single AI model accurately forecast both the track and intensity of tropical cyclones?

Isaias is now a Category 2 hurricane. Where will it make landfall?

Hurricane Isaias is heading toward the U.S. Gulf Coast. It could become the first hurricane to hit the United States since Milton in 2024.

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Why AI has trouble predicting the intensity of hurricanes

Artificial intelligence now produces excellent weather forecasts on a broad scale. But several factors complicate its ability to predict how fast a hurricane will ramp up.

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The Atlantic season's first hurricane is forecast to make landfall soon

Hurricane Isaias is forecast to make landfall along the Gulf Coast, but when was the last landfalling hurricane?

What do hurricane hunters drop into storms? Inside the dangerous flights that help tropical forecasting

Aircraft crews fly through hurricanes and release dropsondes to measure winds, pressure, moisture and other conditions that satellites cannot fully capture

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Gulf Depression Forecast to Become 2026 Atlantic Season’s First Hurricane

The system had maximum sustained winds of 35 mph late Tuesday and was moving east at 5 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. Forecasters expected it to become Tropical Storm Isaias and then potentially the first hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic season, but it had not yet received the Isaias name in the advisory available early Wednesday.