re: What's the end game for hurricane tracking/projections?

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So I guess that's the question, if we had the a computer advanced enough to crunch all the data, would we be able to program that computer and input data well enough to spit out a correct prediction? Are the computers the limiting factor now or are we just not knowledgeable enough about everything to know what to input?

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I think the biggest problem is the input data. “Garbage in, garbage out” applies here. Theres a finite amount of local monitoring infrastructure (weather stations, buoys, etc.) available, and all of the computing power in the world won’t help if you don’t have enough inputs.

Satellite monitoring certainly helps. But remember, weather is three-dimensional.