From National Hurricane Center:
NOAA’s National Hurricane Center is rolling out a redesigned hurricane forecast cone for the 2026 season, aimed at helping communities better understand their risk from tropical storms and hurricanes.
NHC Director Michael Brennan said the improvements will help people “prepare earlier and more effectively” for dangerous wind hazards.For the first time, the operational forecast cone will include tropical storm and hurricane watches and warnings for inland areas, not just coastal zones. The update follows a successful experimental phase in 2025 that showed inland alerts helped more communities anticipate wind impacts far from the shoreline.