nowcast

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To predict the weather for a very short upcoming period (usually a few hours).

   • If the nowcasted or forecasted rainfall depth is greater than the FFG, then flooding in the basin is considered likely.
2. 2

   To estimate what is currently happening based on knowledge of how data is biased.

   • The indices are nowcasted at a very low level, meaning thousands of nowcasts. Attention has been focuesed on the nowcasts that fail validation checks.
   • First, the value-added contribution from each origin country is adjusted according to their (nowcasted) change in GDP.
   • Our ability to nowcast will depend on the length of the delay and the quality of data available.
3. 3

   A weather forecast predicting the weather for a very short upcoming period, usually only…

   A weather forecast predicting the weather for a very short upcoming period, usually only a few hours.

   • A low-probability nowcast was essentially a “No Forecast" , but issued with less confidence.
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   1. 4

      An estimate made by nowcasting.

      • The indices are nowcasted at a very low level, meaning thousands of nowcasts. Attention has been focuesed on the nowcasts that fail validation checks.

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