Nowcast
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Definitions
International Definitions
UNDHA
Nowcast: a description of current weather and a short-period (0-2 hours) forecast. [1]
Pronóstico momentáneo: Descripción del tiempo actual y previsión para un periodo breve (0-2 horas). [1]
Prévision immediate: Description du temps présent et prévision météorologique allant de O à 2 heures. [1]
European Definitions
CIPRNet project
Nowcast: a description of current weather and a short-period forecast. [2]
National Definitions
Australia
Nowcasting: predicting what will happen during the short-term (next several hours over scales of a few kilometres). [3]
Honduras
Nowcast: A short-term weather forecast, generally out to six hours or less. [4]
This is also called a Short Term Forecast.
India
Nowcasting: மிக� �-கிய கால வானிைல ��னறிவி"& [5]
United States
AMS
Nowcast: A short-term weather forecast, generally for the next few hours. [6]
The U.S. National Weather Service specifies zero to three hours, though up to six hours may be used by some.
See also
Notes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Internationally agreed glossary of basic terms related to Disaster Management
- ↑ Nowcast data is used by CIPRNet's CIPCast tool
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Meteorology
- ↑ Honduras Maritime Weather Service - weather glossary
- ↑ Glossary of Meteorological Terms in Tamil
- ↑ American Meteorological Society (AMS) - glossary