NOAA is updating its hurricane cone for 2026, expanding storm tracking and adding surge forecasts—here’s what it means for surfers and coastal communities.

The National Hurricane Center makes a new cone official, and floats another experimental cone.

Updated hurricane cone maps highlight inland watches and warnings to show storm impacts beyond the forecast cone track.

Forecasters will test a wider elliptical hurricane track graphic in 2026, aiming to show where storms are most likely to go and to reduce confusion.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the most famous and feared weather graphics in history is undergoing a fundamental redo aimed at making it more accurate, ...