{"id":81723,"date":"2026-03-25T10:08:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T14:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=81723"},"modified":"2026-03-25T10:08:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T14:08:48","slug":"nhc-unveils-new-forecast-cone-for-2026-hurricane-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/nhc-unveils-new-forecast-cone-for-2026-hurricane-season\/","title":{"rendered":"NHC Unveils New Forecast Cone For 2026 Hurricane Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From<em> National Hurricane Center:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/resources\/media2\/16x9\/1333\/986\/1x0\/90\/eb18b8d7-00b1-45ff-bb56-aed8cbac6410-00C69FE2354F44F48D706F2D2B4FABEB.jpeg\" alt=\"An example of the 2026 version of the cone graphic for Tropical Storm Helene (2024) that shows inland watches and warnings. (WPEC)\" width=\"506\" height=\"285\" \/><\/p>\n<p>NOAA\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/National%20Hurricane%20Center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Hurricane Center<\/a>\u00a0is rolling out a redesigned hurricane forecast cone for the 2026 season, aimed at helping communities better understand their risk from tropical storms and hurricanes.<\/p>\n<p>NHC Director Michael Brennan said the improvements will help people \u201cprepare earlier and more effectively\u201d 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.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"news\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1774433304\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"NHC Unveils New Forecast Cone For 2026 Hurricane Season\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From National Hurricane Center: NOAA\u2019s\u00a0National Hurricane Center\u00a0is rolling out a redesigned hurricane forecast cone for the 2026 season, aimed at.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-81723","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81723\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}