{"id":705,"date":"2026-05-15T16:35:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T16:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=705"},"modified":"2026-05-15T16:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T16:35:07","slug":"the-hurricane-cone-of-uncertainty-will-look-a-little-different-this-2026-storm-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=705","title":{"rendered":"The hurricane cone of uncertainty will look a little different this 2026 storm season"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>Michael Brennan, director of the National Hurricane Center, revealed the center\u2019s new cone of uncertainty this week at the Governor\u2019s Hurricane Conference in West Palm Beach, as well as an experimental cone that will be more definitive about storm tracks.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=703\">Jane Healy, winner of Orlando Sentinel\u2019s first Pulitzer Prize, dies at 77<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The cone for the 2026 hurricane season will feature several new graphics elements, including colors that show inland impacts, such as inland tropical storm and hurricane wind watches.<\/p>\n<p>For example, a map that once had red for hurricane-force winds on the coast will now show red as far inland as the NHC thinks hurricane winds will penetrate.<\/p>\n<p>Brennan showed a slide of the new graphics for October 2024\u2019s Hurricane Milton, which made landfall at Siesta Key on Florida\u2019s west coast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlmost the entire Florida peninsula is under some type of tropical storm or hurricane watch or warning,\u201d said Brennan. \u201cIt\u2019s a great reminder of that inland wind risk that exists, especially in powerful hurricanes making landfall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The watches and warnings extended far outside the width of the cone.<\/p>\n<p>The NHC will also change the color of declining systems that have no chance of developing into a tropical system from yellow to gray.<\/p>\n<p>There also will be a new experimental cone this year that will be a tad wider and \u201ceasier to talk about,\u201d said Brennan.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=701\">Orlando Sentinel 150: Friday Flashback to fishing on Lake Apopka<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Normally, the width of the cone means there\u2019s a 67% chance of the center of a storm tracking within it, meaning there was still a 33% chance the storm would track outside the cone.<\/p>\n<p>The experimental look will have a slightly wider cone and the storm will have a 90% chance of tracking within it. \u201cThe center of the storm is likely to stay inside of the cone nine times out of 10,\u201d said Brennan. \u201cThe cones are visually similar in size, but there would now be less chance of the storm center moving outside the cone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How should the public think about being in the cone or out of the cone? \u201cIt really doesn\u2019t matter,\u201d said Brennan. \u201cIt\u2019s all about, are you under some kind of watch or warning? Have your local officials asked you to evacuate or otherwise prepare?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what you really have to focus on because again, the cone is only showing you something about the track of the center. As we\u2019ve seen in storms like Colleen and Milton, huge storms have impacts hundreds of miles away from the center.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Despite making landfall on Florida\u2019s west coast, Hurricane Milton in 2024 caused dozens of tornadoes to ravage the state\u2019s east coast, 100 miles away.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=699\">Asking Eric: I am stunned that my son\u2019s family didn\u2019t even open my gift<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The start of hurricane season is approaching. 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