Why are there Two Hurricane Models, the European Model and the American Model when physics and statistics are the same everywhere?

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Why are there Two Hurricane Models, the European Model and the American Model when physics and statistics are the same everywhere?

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There are different ways of estimating and calculating, and different data inputs to pay attention to. Hurricanes are chaotic systems, so small differences in each step can add up to different and even contradictory results.

Hopefully they start throwing out the underperforming models.