forecasts
Predictions of outcomes
Forecasts are predictions about future conditions or events, especially weather or economic trends.
The word works as both noun and verb: The forecast calls for rain, Analysts forecast steady growth.
Weather forecasts predict atmospheric conditions; financial forecasts project earnings, spending, or market movements.
A forecast implies informed estimation based on current data, not mere guessing.
National output abbreviation
- inflationSustained price level increase
- recessionProlonged economic decline
- growthIncrease in size
- employmentPaid occupation status
deficit · fiscal · monetary · indicators · consumption · investment · productivity · trade
Something that extends outward
- estimationApproximate value judgment
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
- simulationImitation of real processes
- extrapolationExtending data beyond bounds
probability · scenarios · trends · regression · analytics · algorithms · data · variables
Study of atmospheric phenomena
- temperatureMeasured heat intensity
- precipitationAtmospheric water deposit
- rainfallWater falling from clouds
- snowfallPrecipitation of frozen crystals
humidity · barometer · pressure · satellite · radar · drought · monsoon · thunderstorm
Foretelling of future events
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- soothsayingForetelling future events
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
- clairvoyanceExtrasensory perception ability
prognostication · astrology · tarot · omen · portent · seer · prophet · fortune-telling
Possibility of harm
- volatilityRapid, unpredictable changeability
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
- unpredictabilityState resisting forecasts
- guessworkConclusions drawn without proof
approximation · conjecture · fluctuation · ambiguity · hedging · contingency · likelihood · odds
Plan for spending
- schedulingAssigning times to events
- projectingExtending outward from surroundings
- timelinesOrdered sequences of dates
- strategicDeliberately planned for advantage
long-range · short-term · quarterly · annual · rolling · demand · supply · inventory
GDP
National output abbreviation
employment · deficit · fiscal · monetary · indicators · consumption · investment · productivity · trade · exports
projection
Something that extends outward
- estimationApproximate value judgment
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
- simulationImitation of real processes
extrapolation · probability · scenarios · trends · regression · analytics · algorithms · data · variables · confidence
meteorology
Study of atmospheric phenomena
- temperatureMeasured heat intensity
- precipitationAtmospheric water deposit
- rainfallWater falling from clouds
snowfall · humidity · barometer · pressure · satellite · radar · drought · monsoon · thunderstorm · hurricane
prophecy
Foretelling of future events
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- soothsayingForetelling future events
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
clairvoyance · prognostication · astrology · tarot · omen · portent · seer · prophet · fortune-telling · horoscope
risk
Possibility of harm
- volatilityRapid, unpredictable changeability
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
- unpredictabilityState resisting forecasts
guesswork · approximation · conjecture · fluctuation · ambiguity · hedging · contingency · likelihood · odds · pessimistic
budget
Plan for spending
- schedulingAssigning times to events
- projectingExtending outward from surroundings
- timelinesOrdered sequences of dates
strategic · long-range · short-term · quarterly · annual · rolling · demand · supply · inventory · capacity
- climateclimate change, climate, weather, global warming, temperature
- weather informationweather reports, weather bulletins, weather maps, weather radar, storm warnings
- business datafinancial data, business intelligence, market research, company profiles, market trends
- business reportsannual report, quarterly report, financial report, sales report, expense report
- weather modelingweather prediction, weather modeling, predictions, climate models, climate simulation
- weatherweather, rain, sun, snow, wind
forecastshistories
Accounts of past events
records · retrospectives · postmortems · hindsight · recaps
forecastsguarantees
Promises ensuring specific outcomes
certainties · facts · confirmations · verifications · actualities
forecastsdoubts
Feelings of uncertainty
uncertainties · agnosticism · skepticism · ignorance · unpredictability
- weather forecastAtmospheric conditions prediction
- weather forecastingPredicting future atmospheric conditions
- weather forecasterOne who predicts climate conditions
- seven day forecast
- long range forecast
- five day forecast
forecast, forecasting, forecaster, forecasted, forecasters, forecastable