nowcasting

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English

Etymology

Blend of now +‎ forecasting

Noun

nowcasting (uncountable)

  1. (meteorology) The use or production of nowcasts.
    • 2020 September 9, “Network News: RAIB: 'washout of material' caused Carmont derailment”, in Rail, pages 8–9:
      Spence said: "We have a weather provider, MetDesk, which gives us real-time information - radar analysis of what rain is falling. It's called nowcasting rather than forecasting, with refresh rates every five minutes.
  2. (statistics) The use of mathematical models of a current situation that include adjustments to imperfect data.

Verb

nowcasting

  1. present participle and gerund of nowcast