Persistence forecast

From Glossary of Meteorology



persistence forecast

In meteorology, a forecast that the future weather condition will be the same as the present condition.

The persistence forecast is often used as a standard of comparison in measuring the degree of skill of forecasts prepared by other methods, especially for very short projections.
See persistence;
compare random forecast, probability forecast.


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