[palmer]

But-my point on the post is very simple-the wind swath of the official forecast by the NHC along the official track misses Alabama by 200 miles. The TS winds only extend to the west by 100 miles. The track is 300 miles to the east. At the time of the tweet by the POTUS

The official track doesn't represent the possible tracks, that's why it is a line. The cone is not the "wind swath", it's a set of circles that depict the possible positions of the center of the hurricane: "The size of each circle is set so that two-thirds of historical official forecast errors over a 5-year sample fall within the circle." The possible tropical wind swath is what I showed above which included the edge of Alabama.

At the "time of the tweet" the POTUS was using older information. We don't know how old.

[NELSON111]

It also includes Cuba-which was totally unrealistic. That product isn’t what you think it is and unless you know how to use it-you probably shouldn’t.