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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The models take different things into account in different degrees. Weather is driven by a lot of randomness.

It’s more like predictions about a sports season. We all know the Yankees are going to do well, but one forecast will have them winning the division while another forecast will have them barely getting the wildcard spot.