We are 25 days away from the official end of the Atlantic hurricane season. Statistically speaking, about 95% of named storms happen before November 5. The game isn't entirely over, but we're in the bottom of the ninth inning, now.

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Hurricane experts, like Brian McNoldy at the University of Miami , are already looking into how some forecast modeling has performed in the 2025 season.

Top honor vs. a dud

McNoldy's analysis below shows that the new Google DeepMind AI model (GDMI) outperformed every other hurricane-focused forecast model in the 2025 Atlantic season. Meanwhile, the American-made GFS (AVNI) model had the worst track record of the season.

And here is the same, but for all 13 storms in the entire season so far. "OFCL" is the NHC's forecast, and "GDMI

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