Nowcasting
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Nowcasting is a noun meaning (meteorology) The use or production of nowcasts.
Meaning
(meteorology) The use or production of nowcasts.
More Meanings
- (statistics) The use of mathematical models of a current situation that include adjustments to imperfect data.
- present participle and gerund of nowcast
Example Sentences
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include weathercast, infocast, datacasting, netcast, voicecast, pubcasting.
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