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nowcasts

nowcasts is the plural of nowcast.

nowcasts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of nowcast.

Meaning of nowcast

Noun

nowcast (plural nowcasts)

  1. 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
  2. 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

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Questions about nowcasts

What is nowcasts the plural of?
Nowcasts is the plural of nowcast.

Words near nowcasts in the dictionary

  1. noway
  2. noways
  3. nowcast
  4. nowcasted
  5. nowcasting
  6. nowcasts
  7. nowch
  8. nowches
  9. nowd
  10. nowdays
  11. nowdoc

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