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Nowcast

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

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

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forncastverb(transitive, obsolete) To arrange beforehand; forecast.
forcastnounMisspelling of forecast. [An estimation of a future condition.]
hindcastnoun(mathematics) A test of a mathematical model by using data from a past event.
count downverb(transitive) To await a precisely timed expected event.
forecastnounA prediction of the weather.
foreguessverb(transitive) To forecast.
forecallverbTo call in advance.
forecountverb(transitive) To count beforehand.
previsionnounAdvance knowledge; foresight.
prognoun(uncountable, informal, music) Progressive rock.
presagenounA warning of a future event; an omen.
predictverb(transitive) To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis of mystical knowledge or power.
schedulenounA procedural plan, usually but not necessarily tabular in nature, indicating a sequence of operations and the planned times at which those operations are to occur.
forseeverb(transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To oversee; superintend; direct.
precastnounStructural members made of concrete, ready for installation.
backtimenoun(broadcasting) Alternative form of back time. [(broadcasting) The time during a broadcast at which previously rehearsed material should begin, in order to fit the schedule correctly.]
pretellnounTo predict.
forehalsenverb(transitive, rare, archaic) To presage; predict.
backcastnounA cast or throw back.
forelookverbTo look beforehand, to preview.

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