nowcast
Short definition from Wiktionary
Verb
- To predict the weather for a very short upcoming period (usually a few hours).
- To estimate what is currently happening based on knowledge of how data is biased.
Noun
- A weather forecast predicting the weather for a very short upcoming period, usually only a few hours.
- An estimate made by nowcasting.
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