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How are hurricanes predicted?

Updated: 11/4/2022
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Satellite imagery and readings from buoys at sea report the present weather conditions. This information is entered into computerized forecast models, which try to predict that the weather, including the hurricane, will do.

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they are very predictable but their effects are not

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