toad strangler wrote:TheStormExpert wrote:How can we trust this model when it doesn’t even pick up on Gonzalo? After it’s screwup with Dorian it’s lost my trust.
You don't TRUST models.. You USE models. They are tools ... some have different bias and weakness then others.
ICON is almost never factored into NHC forecasts because it's not particularly useful with hurricanes. This same model took Dorian south of Cuba once it was north of Puerto Rico when everything else was already starting to miss Florida to the east.
Personally I look mostly at GFS, CMC, and Euro, and a good rule of thumb over the last few seasons--if the GFS is the only one of those two that
doesn't show development, especially in the shorter term, development is likely. If the Euro is the only one that
does show development, then it's unlikely.
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