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Meteorologists are now as good with their five-day forecasts as they were with their three-day forecasts in 2005. Both government and private weather forecasting companies are approaching the point where they get tomorrow’s high temperature right nearly 80 percent of the time. It was 66 percent 11 years ago, according to ForecastWatch, a private firm...

Weather forecasting is a competitive business, with many local, national and global options vying for your attention. There must be differences among them all, which begs the question – who gives the most accurate weather forecasts? A group called ForecastWatch devotes all of its time to answering this question, as it turns out. From 2010...

Every once in a while, ForecastWatch performs a comprehensive study on the biggest weather predictors, such as the Weather Channel, AccuWeather and the National Weather Service, and international companies such as Foreca and MeteoGroup. One of these analyses was published last week, and it included forecast data from 11 forecast providers from 2010 to 2016....

To be sure, the straightforward metrics at ForecastAdvisor are just one of many ways to measure a weather app. Floehr, who also runs an advanced service for measuring forecast accuracy called ForecastWatch, said that the basic statistics he publishes on ForecastAdvisor tend to generally be in line with more complex assessments. Still, it’s hard to...

Eric Floehr, of ForecastWatch, points to one oft-cited statistic: One degree of improvement in the accuracy of high temperature weather forecasts could save $1 billion in energy costs. As such, the accuracy of weather forecasts could indirectly affect the price of everyday consumer goods.   Read More…  

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