The best hurricane forecasting models use global data and take hours to run on the world’s fastest supercomputers. A random sample of 26 tropical storms or hurricanes that passed within 25 miles of...

The best hurricane forecasting models use global data and take hours to run on the world’s fastest supercomputers. A random sample of 26 tropical storms or hurricanes that passed within 25 miles of Miami were selected. The European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting (ECMWF) and the Global Forecast System (GFS) models were used to predict storm surge (in feet). The summary statistics for the differences (ECMWF – GFS