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Tropical cyclones are amongst the most powerful and destructive meteorological systems on earth. Globally, 80 to 100 develop over tropical oceans each year. Many of these make landfall and can cause considerable damage to property and loss of life. North Atlantic tropical storms forecastThe Met Office's dynamical seasonal prediction model (GloSea) is used to forecast the number of tropical storms forming over the North Atlantic. 
Tropical cyclone forecast guidance is produced by the Met Office and used by various other met. centres in the production of their tropical cyclone warnings. 
The Met Office produces forecasts for every tropical cyclone which develops and also verifies the quality of these forecasts. Charts and statistics assessing the forecast performance are produced for each tropical cyclone. |
For queries on the Met Office involvement in tropical cyclone forecasting, email tropical_cyclones@metoffice.gov.uk