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Verification Of The Weather Channel Probability Of Precipitation Forecasts, Eric Bickel, Seong Kim
Verification Of The Weather Channel Probability Of Precipitation Forecasts, Eric Bickel, Seong Kim
Eric Bickel
The Weather Channel (TWC) is a leading provider of weather information to the general public. In this paper the reliability of their probability of precipitation (PoP) forecasts over a 14-month period at 42 locations across the United States is verified. It is found that PoPs between 0.4 and 0.9 are well calibrated for near-term forecasts. However, overall TWC PoPs are biased toward precipitation, significantly so during the warm season (April–September). PoPs lower than 0.3 and above 0.9 are not well calibrated, a fact that can be explained by TWC’s forecasting procedure. In addition, PoPs beyond a 6-day lead time are …