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nowcast

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Verb

  1. To predict the weather for a very short upcoming period (usually a few hours).
  2. To estimate what is currently happening based on knowledge of how data is biased.

Noun

  1. A weather forecast predicting the weather for a very short upcoming period, usually only a few hours.
  2. An estimate made by nowcasting.

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