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Remnant Low Fay Model Accuracy: DeepMind vs GFS vs WeatherNext 3

Final advisory

NHC issued its final advisory at 2:00 PM ET Tue, Sep 29; Fay is now a remnant low.

Remnant Low Fay has 50 positions on the best track, which is where the storm actually went, from the operational NHC file. 4 official forecast tracks are drawn. At 48 hours, the average track miss is 51 miles across 31 forecasts. At 48 hours, the official wind forecast averaged 36 mph and where the storm actually went averaged 38 mph. Stored model tracks on these forecast tracks: GFS, GEFS mean, Canadian GEM, UKMET, HAFS-A, HAFS-B, HWRF, HMON, NAVGEM, Google DeepMind, WeatherNext 3.

AL062026 · 2026 · Sep 17-29, 2026. Score table. Damage reports.

How to read this. The solid line is where the storm went. A dashed line is where the official forecast said it would go. A smaller path miss is closer. Distances are statute miles. Wind speeds are miles per hour.

The technical details

Path miss on this page is the great-circle distance in statute miles, the same miles as the home card and the score table. The Earth radius is 3,958.7613 miles. The file also keeps that distance in nautical miles. One nautical mile is 1,852 meters, about 1.15 statute miles. A case counts when that forecast and the best track (BEST, lead 0) share the same valid time. Positions are not interpolated. A model track counts even when that cycle has no official forecast yet. Skill against the official forecast (OFCL) still requires the official forecast from the same issue time and lead.

Shown leads are 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 96, and 120 hours, once a paired fix exists. Sample size is the number of paired cases at that lead. Overall rank still uses 24, 48, 72, and 120 hours. The 96-hour lead is drawn when the deck has a paired fix, and it is not in that rank.

Wind on this page is miles per hour. The file stores maximum wind in knots. One knot is about 1.15 miles per hour. An advisory wind is rounded to the nearest 5 mph. A mean on this page is rounded to the nearest mile per hour. Wind miss is the absolute difference on the paired cases. There is no confidence interval on this map. The daily board’s interval is a 95% percentile bootstrap.

Overall rank is the average of the path rank and the wind rank on this storm. Each rank uses the graded leads at 24, 48, 72, and 120 hours, and each of those leads counts once, however many forecasts it holds. A lower miss is the better rank. A tie shares the average of the places those forecasts occupy. A source is ranked only with at least 3 graded forecasts for path and 3 for wind. Fewer than that says Not enough forecasts yet. A source with no graded path, or no graded wind, is left out of both ranks, and overall shows —.

The best track is the operational NHC b-deck. It is preliminary and revised after the season. HURDAT2 is not loaded. Model lines come from the public a-deck for the same forecast tracks, and only when that file stores them. Google DeepMind is the Weather Lab operational ensemble mean. WeatherNext 3 is that model’s ensemble mean from the same download. ECMWF AIFS, ECMWF HRES, and the ECMWF ENS mean are tropical-cyclone tracks from ECMWF open data. The ECMWF ENS mean is the average of the member centers in the IFS ensemble track file. AI GFS is NOAA’s AIGFS tracker when that file is still posted. The methodology page names the aids that are scored.

The methodology page is the full reference. How we grade says the same rules in plain English.

The best track is the operational NHC b-deck. It is preliminary and is revised after the season. The post-season HURDAT2 track is not loaded.

ECMWF AIFS, ECMWF HRES, ECMWF ENS mean, AI GFS: No graded forecasts yet.

Overall rank

Overall averages each forecast's rank on path and on wind strength. See the separate scores below.

Place on this list. 1 was closest to the weather that happened. A tie shares this number, and the next place skips ahead. Early read until the longer day count, then proven. The forecast source this row scores. Path and wind ranksOverall averages each forecast's rank on path and on wind strength. See the separate scores below. Track rankPlace on path miss. 1 was closest. On one storm this is that place. Across storms it is the average of those places. Each graded lead counts once. A tie shares the average place. Intensity rankPlace on wind miss. 1 was closest. On one storm this is that place. Across storms it is the average of those places. Each graded lead counts once. A tie shares the average place.
1 Google DeepMind 1 1 1
2 HMON 2.5 3 2
3 HWRF 3 2 4
4 WeatherNext 3 3.5 4 3
5 NHC official 5 5 5
6 UKMET 7 6 8
7 HAFS-B 7.5 9 6
8 GFS 9 7 11
8 Canadian GEM 9 8 10
8 HAFS-A 9 11 7
11 GEFS mean 9.5 10 9
12 NAVGEM 12 12 12

How we grade

Track and intensity by model

Each row is one source at one lead that has already verified, including 12, 24, 36, and 48 hours. The count is how many forecasts shared a time with where the storm went. Path miss is statute miles. Wind miss is miles per hour. The rank number is that source's place in the table above, and it still uses 24, 48, 72, and 120 hours.

Place on this list. 1 was closest to the weather that happened. A tie shares this number, and the next place skips ahead. Early read until the longer day count, then proven. The forecast source this row scores. LeadHow many hours ahead this forecast was made. Scored leads are 24, 48, 72, and 120. The technical name is lead. CasesHow many past forecasts went into this average. A forecast counts only when the best track has a fix at that exact time. The technical name is cases. Track errorAverage how far the predicted storm path was from where it actually went, in miles. Lower is better. The technical name is track error. Track skillHow that path miss compares with the official hurricane forecast. Positive means better than the official forecast. Negative means worse. The technical name is track skill. Intensity errorAverage how far off the predicted wind speed was, in miles per hour. The file stores knots. Lower is better. The technical name is intensity error. Intensity skillHow that wind miss compares with the official hurricane forecast. Positive means better. Negative means worse. The technical name is intensity skill.
1 Google DeepMind 12 h 37 13 mi Beats the official forecast by 36% 4 mph Beats the official forecast by 28%
1 Google DeepMind 24 h 35 19 mi Beats the official forecast by 34% 4 mph Beats the official forecast by 54%
1 Google DeepMind 36 h 27 26 mi Beats the official forecast by 29% 5 mph Beats the official forecast by 55%
1 Google DeepMind 48 h 25 37 mi Beats the official forecast by 22% 5 mph Beats the official forecast by 33%
1 Google DeepMind 60 h 24 52 mi Beats the official forecast by 18% 5 mph Beats the official forecast by 3%
1 Google DeepMind 72 h 17 67 mi Beats the official forecast by 5% 6 mph Beats the official forecast by 28%
1 Google DeepMind 96 h 8 67 mi Beats the official forecast by 53% 7 mph Beats the official forecast by 41%
1 Google DeepMind 120 h 5 63 mi — 19 mph —
2 HMON 12 h 13 26 mi Behind the official forecast by 22% 6 mph Beats the official forecast by 2%
2 HMON 24 h 13 34 mi Behind the official forecast by 18% 7 mph Beats the official forecast by 32%
2 HMON 36 h 13 29 mi Behind the official forecast by 12% 7 mph Beats the official forecast by 12%
2 HMON 48 h 13 43 mi Behind the official forecast by 88% 7 mph Behind the official forecast by 56%
2 HMON 60 h 13 50 mi Behind the official forecast by 136% 8 mph Behind the official forecast by 420%
2 HMON 72 h 13 66 mi Behind the official forecast by 62% 11 mph Beats the official forecast by 28%
2 HMON 96 h 13 89 mi Beats the official forecast by 10% 13 mph Beats the official forecast by 45%
2 HMON 120 h 13 156 mi — 15 mph —
3 HWRF 12 h 13 20 mi Beats the official forecast by 6% 5 mph Beats the official forecast by 38%
3 HWRF 24 h 13 24 mi Beats the official forecast by 9% 9 mph Beats the official forecast by 1%
3 HWRF 36 h 13 32 mi Behind the official forecast by 30% 9 mph Beats the official forecast by 29%
3 HWRF 48 h 13 36 mi Behind the official forecast by 60% 12 mph Behind the official forecast by 80%
3 HWRF 60 h 13 44 mi Behind the official forecast by 154% 9 mph Behind the official forecast by 290%
3 HWRF 72 h 13 61 mi Behind the official forecast by 101% 7 mph Beats the official forecast by 30%
3 HWRF 96 h 13 92 mi Behind the official forecast by 17% 9 mph Beats the official forecast by 36%
3 HWRF 120 h 13 146 mi — 12 mph —
4 WeatherNext 3 12 h 36 11 mi Beats the official forecast by 43% 5 mph Ties the official forecast
4 WeatherNext 3 24 h 34 18 mi Beats the official forecast by 38% 5 mph Beats the official forecast by 40%
4 WeatherNext 3 36 h 28 25 mi Beats the official forecast by 29% 6 mph Beats the official forecast by 36%
4 WeatherNext 3 48 h 27 39 mi Beats the official forecast by 17% 6 mph Beats the official forecast by 4%
4 WeatherNext 3 60 h 26 55 mi Beats the official forecast by 7% 6 mph Behind the official forecast by 15%
4 WeatherNext 3 72 h 26 74 mi Behind the official forecast by 2% 8 mph Beats the official forecast by 21%
4 WeatherNext 3 96 h 15 95 mi Beats the official forecast by 26% 10 mph Beats the official forecast by 21%
4 WeatherNext 3 120 h 6 78 mi — 16 mph —
5 NHC official 12 h 37 20 mi — 5 mph —
5 NHC official 24 h 35 28 mi — 8 mph —
5 NHC official 36 h 33 38 mi — 8 mph —
5 NHC official 48 h 31 51 mi — 5 mph —
5 NHC official 60 h 29 59 mi — 5 mph —
5 NHC official 72 h 25 67 mi — 10 mph —
5 NHC official 96 h 17 106 mi — 14 mph —
6 UKMET 12 h 21 18 mi Beats the official forecast by 14% 11 mph Behind the official forecast by 102%
6 UKMET 24 h 20 25 mi Beats the official forecast by 6% 12 mph Behind the official forecast by 52%
6 UKMET 36 h 19 31 mi Beats the official forecast by 11% 13 mph Behind the official forecast by 29%
6 UKMET 48 h 18 44 mi Behind the official forecast by 4% 13 mph Behind the official forecast by 100%
6 UKMET 60 h 17 59 mi Behind the official forecast by 16% 13 mph Behind the official forecast by 189%
6 UKMET 72 h 16 70 mi Behind the official forecast by 23% 11 mph Behind the official forecast by 25%
6 UKMET 96 h 14 96 mi Behind the official forecast by 23% 13 mph Behind the official forecast by 20%
6 UKMET 120 h 12 134 mi — 17 mph —
7 HAFS-B 12 h 41 23 mi Behind the official forecast by 4% 7 mph Behind the official forecast by 44%
7 HAFS-B 24 h 39 31 mi Behind the official forecast by 4% 10 mph Behind the official forecast by 33%
7 HAFS-B 36 h 37 41 mi Beats the official forecast by 1% 12 mph Behind the official forecast by 55%
7 HAFS-B 48 h 35 59 mi Behind the official forecast by 10% 10 mph Behind the official forecast by 59%
7 HAFS-B 60 h 33 76 mi Behind the official forecast by 23% 10 mph Behind the official forecast by 54%
7 HAFS-B 72 h 31 96 mi Behind the official forecast by 38% 9 mph Beats the official forecast by 28%
7 HAFS-B 96 h 26 166 mi Behind the official forecast by 36% 11 mph Beats the official forecast by 12%
7 HAFS-B 120 h 17 246 mi — 12 mph —
8 GFS 12 h 43 20 mi Beats the official forecast by 6% 10 mph Behind the official forecast by 104%
8 GFS 24 h 41 30 mi Behind the official forecast by 8% 12 mph Behind the official forecast by 54%
8 GFS 36 h 39 37 mi Beats the official forecast by 1% 12 mph Behind the official forecast by 34%
8 GFS 48 h 37 52 mi Behind the official forecast by 1% 14 mph Behind the official forecast by 72%
8 GFS 60 h 35 68 mi Behind the official forecast by 11% 12 mph Behind the official forecast by 65%
8 GFS 72 h 33 79 mi Behind the official forecast by 15% 12 mph Behind the official forecast by 4%
8 GFS 96 h 29 138 mi Behind the official forecast by 23% 13 mph Behind the official forecast by 5%
8 GFS 120 h 21 214 mi — 16 mph —
8 Canadian GEM 12 h 22 22 mi Behind the official forecast by 14% 11 mph Behind the official forecast by 116%
8 Canadian GEM 24 h 20 28 mi Behind the official forecast by 5% 12 mph Behind the official forecast by 34%
8 Canadian GEM 36 h 20 40 mi Behind the official forecast by 15% 12 mph Behind the official forecast by 17%
8 Canadian GEM 48 h 19 55 mi Behind the official forecast by 21% 12 mph Behind the official forecast by 59%
8 Canadian GEM 60 h 18 72 mi Behind the official forecast by 26% 12 mph Behind the official forecast by 107%
8 Canadian GEM 72 h 16 95 mi Behind the official forecast by 24% 11 mph Behind the official forecast by 7%
8 Canadian GEM 96 h 15 137 mi Behind the official forecast by 3% 12 mph Behind the official forecast by 8%
8 Canadian GEM 120 h 13 176 mi — 15 mph —
8 HAFS-A 12 h 41 20 mi Beats the official forecast by 10% 7 mph Behind the official forecast by 34%
8 HAFS-A 24 h 39 29 mi Beats the official forecast by 1% 9 mph Behind the official forecast by 24%
8 HAFS-A 36 h 37 40 mi Ties the official forecast 10 mph Behind the official forecast by 15%
8 HAFS-A 48 h 35 60 mi Behind the official forecast by 17% 11 mph Behind the official forecast by 84%
8 HAFS-A 60 h 33 82 mi Behind the official forecast by 41% 10 mph Behind the official forecast by 64%
8 HAFS-A 72 h 31 105 mi Behind the official forecast by 59% 9 mph Beats the official forecast by 21%
8 HAFS-A 96 h 26 169 mi Behind the official forecast by 40% 12 mph Beats the official forecast by 2%
8 HAFS-A 120 h 16 278 mi — 7 mph —
11 GEFS mean 12 h 43 19 mi Beats the official forecast by 6% 9 mph Behind the official forecast by 79%
11 GEFS mean 24 h 41 30 mi Behind the official forecast by 11% 11 mph Behind the official forecast by 43%
11 GEFS mean 36 h 39 40 mi Behind the official forecast by 10% 12 mph Behind the official forecast by 30%
11 GEFS mean 48 h 37 57 mi Behind the official forecast by 12% 13 mph Behind the official forecast by 63%
11 GEFS mean 60 h 35 73 mi Behind the official forecast by 24% 13 mph Behind the official forecast by 82%
11 GEFS mean 72 h 33 89 mi Behind the official forecast by 37% 12 mph Behind the official forecast by 11%
11 GEFS mean 96 h 26 143 mi Behind the official forecast by 21% 12 mph Beats the official forecast by 3%
11 GEFS mean 120 h 19 196 mi — 13 mph —
12 NAVGEM 12 h 41 31 mi Behind the official forecast by 53% 16 mph Behind the official forecast by 223%
12 NAVGEM 24 h 39 39 mi Behind the official forecast by 44% 17 mph Behind the official forecast by 121%
12 NAVGEM 36 h 37 51 mi Behind the official forecast by 39% 17 mph Behind the official forecast by 115%
12 NAVGEM 48 h 33 70 mi Behind the official forecast by 37% 18 mph Behind the official forecast by 202%
12 NAVGEM 60 h 29 103 mi Behind the official forecast by 74% 18 mph Behind the official forecast by 222%
12 NAVGEM 72 h 24 141 mi Behind the official forecast by 149% 19 mph Behind the official forecast by 59%
12 NAVGEM 96 h 21 188 mi Behind the official forecast by 115% 20 mph Behind the official forecast by 30%
12 NAVGEM 120 h 12 219 mi — 23 mph —

How we grade

ECMWF AIFS, ECMWF HRES, ECMWF ENS mean, AI GFS: No graded forecasts yet.

Track map

The solid line is the best track. Dashed lines are official forecast tracks from a few advisories, from the issue position out through the leads stored in that advisory. Thinner lines are model tracks from NHC’s public a-deck for those same advisories, and only when that file actually contains them. Google DeepMind and WeatherNext 3 are ensemble-mean tracks from Weather Lab, drawn on those same advisories. ECMWF AIFS, ECMWF HRES, and the ECMWF ENS mean are open-data cyclone tracks, drawn the same way. AI GFS is NOAA’s AIGFS tracker, drawn when that file is still posted.

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Map of Remnant Low Fay. The best track, where the storm actually went, has 50 positions. 4 official forecast tracks are drawn. Model lines: GFS, GEFS mean, Canadian GEM, UKMET, HAFS-A, HAFS-B, HWRF, HMON, NAVGEM, Google DeepMind, WeatherNext 3. Latitude and longitude, scaled by the cosine of the mid-latitude so a degree of longitude is not stretched.
  • Actual track (50 positions)
  • NHC official Sep 19, 12:00 UTC
  • NHC official Sep 22, 12:00 UTC
  • NHC official Sep 26, 06:00 UTC
  • NHC official Sep 29, 06:00 UTC
  • GFS
  • GEFS mean
  • Canadian GEM
  • UKMET
  • HAFS-A
  • HAFS-B
  • HWRF
  • HMON
  • NAVGEM
  • Google DeepMind
  • WeatherNext 3

The chart measures how far the track was off in statute miles, the same miles as the home card. It includes 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 96, and 120 hours when a paired fix exists. The overall rank uses 24, 48, 72, and 120 hours. Positions are not interpolated.

How far the track was off

20 mi 12 h 28 mi 24 h 38 mi 36 h 51 mi 48 h 59 mi 60 h 67 mi 72 h 106 mi 96 h
Average official track miss in miles by how far ahead. 12 hours 20 miles over 37 forecasts. 24 hours 28 miles over 35 forecasts. 36 hours 38 miles over 33 forecasts. 48 hours 51 miles over 31 forecasts. 60 hours 59 miles over 29 forecasts. 72 hours 67 miles over 25 forecasts. 96 hours 106 miles over 17 forecasts.
LeadHow many hours ahead this forecast was made. This map shows 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 96, and 120 when a paired fix exists. Overall rank uses 24, 48, 72, and 120. The technical name is lead. CasesHow many past forecasts went into this average. A forecast counts only when the best track has a fix at that exact time. The technical name is cases. Track errorAverage how far the predicted storm path was from where it actually went, in statute miles. Lower is better. The technical name is track error. Intensity errorAverage how far off the predicted wind speed was, in miles per hour, on this page. Lower is better. The file stores knots. The technical name is intensity error. Forecast max windAverage top wind in the official forecast, in miles per hour, on the paired cases. The file stores knots. The technical name is forecast maximum wind. Best-track windAverage top wind where the storm actually went, in miles per hour, at the same times. The file stores knots. The technical name is best-track wind.
12 h 37 20 mi 5 mph 43 mph 42 mph
24 h 35 28 mi 8 mph 41 mph 42 mph
36 h 33 38 mi 8 mph 38 mph 40 mph
48 h 31 51 mi 5 mph 36 mph 38 mph
60 h 29 59 mi 5 mph 34 mph 38 mph
72 h 25 67 mi 10 mph 30 mph 39 mph
96 h 17 106 mi 14 mph 28 mph 42 mph

Miles are statute miles. Wind is miles per hour. The National Hurricane Center file stores wind in knots. One knot is about 1.15 miles per hour. Nautical miles are in the technical details.

How we grade

Top wind

12 h 24 h 36 h 48 h 60 h 72 h 96 h
Top wind, official forecast versus where the storm went. At 12 hours the forecast averaged 43 mph and where the storm actually went averaged 42 mph. At 24 hours the forecast averaged 41 mph and where the storm actually went averaged 42 mph. At 36 hours the forecast averaged 38 mph and where the storm actually went averaged 40 mph. At 48 hours the forecast averaged 36 mph and where the storm actually went averaged 38 mph. At 60 hours the forecast averaged 34 mph and where the storm actually went averaged 38 mph. At 72 hours the forecast averaged 30 mph and where the storm actually went averaged 39 mph. At 96 hours the forecast averaged 28 mph and where the storm actually went averaged 42 mph.
  • Official forecast maximum wind
  • Best-track maximum wind

Source: National Hurricane Center / NOAA. The operational b-deck and the public a-deck are U.S. government works in the public domain. Google DeepMind and WeatherNext 3 ensemble means are experimental forecasts from Google DeepMind Weather Lab. Forecasts older than 48 hours are used under CC BY 4.0. ECMWF AIFS, ECMWF HRES, and ECMWF ENS tracks are ECMWF open data, used under CC BY 4.0. AI GFS tracks are a NOAA AIGFS product. Forecast Scoreboard is not affiliated with NHC, NOAA, Google, or ECMWF.