Nowcasting (meteorology)

For other uses, see Nowcasting.
Forecast (blue lines) by « AutoNowcaster » for a thunderstorm line

Nowcasting is weather forecasting on a very short term mesoscale period of up to 2 hours, according to the World Meteorological Organization, and up to six hours, according to other authors in the field.[1][2] This forecast is an extrapolation in time of known weather parameters, including those obtained by means of remote sensing, using techniques that take into account a possible evolution of the air mass. This type of forecast therefore includes details that cannot be solved by numerical weather prediction (NWP) models running over longer forecast periods.

  1. ^ World Meteorological Organization (2009). "Nowcast". Eumetcal. Archived from the original on June 5, 2016. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
  2. ^ Translation Bureau. "Nowcasting". Termium Plus. Public Works and Government Services Canada. Retrieved May 12, 2016.