Study Reveals Incredible Accuracy of CustomWeather's Precipitation Forecasts.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- A comprehensive study on the accuracy of probability of precipitation precipitation, in chemistry precipitation, in chemistry, a process in which a solid is separated from a suspension, sol, or solution. In a suspension such as sand in water the solid spontaneously precipitates (settles out) on standing. (POP) forecasts by ForecastWatch.com, a service of Intellovations, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , has revealed that CustomWeather, Inc. has a near-perfect record when it comes to precipitation forecasting for the 1-5 day forecasting period. With nearly 1.5 million forecasts from 839 U.S. weather stations analyzed an·a·lyze tr.v. an·a·lyzed, an·a·lyz·ing, an·a·lyz·es 1. To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations. 2. Chemistry To make a chemical analysis of. 3. , ForecastWatch.com showed that the average error for the 1-5 day period between CustomWeather's forecasts and the actual recorded probability of precipitation was only 3.51 percentage points. The study ran from February 2004 until January 2005 and was one of the most comprehensive studies of its kind. "What is amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. about the results is that CustomWeather came within 3.51 percentage points of perfection for probability of precipitation forecasting for 1-5 days out while the National Weather Service won't even attempt to forecast anything better than a multiple of ten for ONE day out," said Geoff Flint, President & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of CustomWeather, Inc. "The old myth that weather forecasters simply state a slight chance or rain to cover all bases simply does not apply to CustomWeather." The error between CustomWeather's forecast and the actual probability of precipitation dipped as low as 0.12 percentage points at 80% and never rose above an error of 5.53%. In other words Adv. 1. in other words - otherwise stated; "in other words, we are broke" put differently , when CustomWeather stated that there was an 80% chance of rain, it did in fact rain 80.12% of the time according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the study. When CustomWeather stated a 50% chance of rain, it did in fact rain 53.96% of the time. This kind of correlation out to five days is almost unheard of Not heard of; of which there are no tidings. Unknown to fame; obscure. - Glanvill. See also: Unheard Unheard in the weather industry. Another study performed one year ago that focused solely on temperature forecasts found that CustomWeather's website, MyForecast.com, had more accurate temperature forecasts over a five day period than all major competitors in the study including the National Weather Service (see 2003 study at: http://www.customweather.com/accuracy/2003study.html). The latest findings regarding CustomWeather's probability of precipitation forecasts lends further credence to the true accuracy of CustomWeather forecasts. For more information on the latest study, please visit: http://www.customweather.com/accuracy/2004_POP_study.html, or download the statistics at: http://www.customweather.com/accuracy/2004_POP_table.pdf. About CustomWeather, Inc. CustomWeather, Inc. is a San Francisco based provider of syndicated weather content that combines the worlds of technology and weather. CustomWeather generates local weather forecasts for over 200 countries worldwide, establishing it as the industry leader for global location-based coverage at both the US and International levels. CustomWeather provides sophisticated weather products to leading companies in a variety of industries including media, energy, travel, wireless, and the web. For more information visit www.customweather.com or check the weather at www.myforecast.com. About ForecastWatch.com ForecastWatch.com has been helping meteorologists Atmospheric scientists
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