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noun
A weather forecast predicting the weather for a very short upcoming period, usually only a few hours.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
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noun
An estimate made by nowcasting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, modelling, sciences, statistics
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verb
To predict the weather for a very short upcoming period (usually a few hours).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To estimate what is currently happening based on knowledge of how data is biased.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, modelling, sciences, statistics
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History
Blend of now + forecast.
