nowcast
nowcast noun: a weather forecast predicting the weather for a very short upcoming period, usually only a few hours.
Noun
nowcast (plural nowcasts)
- 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.1988, Third International Conference on the Aviation Weather System, page 208
- 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.2010, Economic & Labour Market Review - Volume 4, Issues 1-6, page 33
Verb
nowcast (third-person singular simple present nowcasts, present participle nowcasting, simple past and past participle nowcast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) nowcasted)
- 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.2017, Nicolas R. Dalezios, Environmental Hazards Methodologies for Risk Assessment and Management, page 169
- 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.2010, Economic & Labour Market Review - Volume 4, Issues 1-6, page 33
- First, the value-added contribution from each origin country is adjusted according to their (nowcasted) change in GDP.2019, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Transnational Corporations, page 124
Forms of nowcast
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | nowcasts |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | nowcasts |
| present participle | nowcasting |
| past participle | nowcast |
| past | nowcast |
| past participle common error-unknown-tag proscribed sometimes | nowcasted |
| past common error-unknown-tag proscribed sometimes | nowcasted |
Origin of nowcast
Blend of now + forecast.
Words formed from nowcast
Questions about nowcast
- What does nowcast mean?
- Nowcast means a weather forecast predicting the weather for a very short upcoming period, usually only a few hours.
- What part of speech is nowcast?
- Nowcast can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of nowcast?
- The plural of nowcast is nowcasts.
Words near nowcast in the dictionary
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