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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If I remember correctly!! The difference is the time between “data points”.
The US on average only take data every 6 hours and use these in their models.
The UK (Met) and EU takes data points every hour, so you get a slightly different outcome to models as you have a more fine grain set of data to put into your models.