TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Daily briefing: Why forecasters failed to predict Hurricane Otis
JO  - Nature
A1  - Krämer, Katrina
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Tropical storm Otis shocked meteorologists when it turned into the strongest hurricane to ever strike Mexico.     "In moments like these, forecasters utterly failed," says meteorologist Matt Lanza. "We must do better." One of the reasons this took forecasters by surprise is that computer models struggle to predict rapid changes that can occur in smaller storms. Otis intensified over a small area in the Pacific Ocean, where the local winds speeds and water temperatures of 31 °C provided the ideal conditions for the storm to worsen. Scientists have warned that these situations are more likely to happen owing to climate change.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0028-0836
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-03404-9
ID  - ref1
ER  -