Why Forecasters Failed to Predict Hurricane Otis’s Leap From Tropical Storm to Category 5 Monster

Climate Change is Rewriting the Rules of Forecasting

Hurricane Otis went from tropical storm to devastating, record-breaking hurricane. And every model failed to predict it.

It is October 30th here in Patagonia, and it’s dumping out there. After a very low start to the white season, we had one of the most humid and prolific winters on record. And even though the local ski resort closed two weeks ago, our l…