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2011-10-24
ForecastWatch October 2011 Customer Newsletter
ForecastWatch now collecting forecasts and observations on six continents! Learning about Undulatus asperatus.
2011-10-12
Article In Wall Street Journal About Weather Forecasting
A great article by Sue Shellengbarger about the difficulty of weather forecasting. Eric is quoted.
2011-09-22
ForecastWatch September 2011 Customer Newsletter
Insight into the weather forecast audit process.
2011-08-19
ForecastWatch August 2011 Customer Newsletter
Adding Foreca and MeteoGroup, improving station metadata, MOS precipitation.
2011-07-19
ForecastWatch July 2011 Customer Newsletter
Sunset reflected in storm clouds, additional auditing, reaggregating a few months, new "weather changeability" data in ForecastAdvisor.
2011-06-19
ForecastWatch June 2011 Customer Newsletter
MOS low issue fixed, adding World Weather Online.
2011-05-17
ForecastWatch May 2011 Customer Newsletter
April data now live, new interface now in production.
2011-03-22
ForecastWatch March 2011 Customer Newsletter
The Groundhog's Day Snowstorm really increased pageviews on the weather sites, and a new interface design for ForecastWatch.
2010-12-17
ForecastWatch December 2010 Customer Newsletter
New formula for selecting aggregation days, improved auditing of normalized forecasts.
2010-11-22
ForecastWatch November 2010 Customer Newsletter
Huge new release of ForecastWatch Online! Happy Thanksgiving!
2010-10-20
ForecastWatch October 2010 Customer Newsletter
Moving to a bigger server, improving the audit process.
2010-09-21
ForecastWatch September 2010 Customer Newsletter
Precipitation will be re-aggregated, improvements made to low temperature aggregations.
2010-07-28
ForecastWatch July 2010 Customer Newsletter
Server downtime scheduled, data issues with EC observations being addressed.
2010-06-17
ForecastWatch June 2010 Customer Newsletter
There have been a number of updates to ForecastWatch this month.
2010-05-18
ForecastWatch May 2010 Customer Newsletter
The May 2010 statistics have been loaded into ForecastWatch Online. The precipitation statistics have changed for May, and will be re-aggregated for previous months.
2010-04-29
ForecastWatch maintenance April 30, 2010
ForecastWatch will be unavailable from 8pm EDT Friday, April 30 through 11pm EDT Sunday, May 2 for maintenance.
2010-03-29
ForecastWatch Server Move
We are moving ForecastAdvisor and ForecastWatch websites to a new, bigger, more powerful server today.
2010-03-16
ForecastWatch Founder On Bloomberg TV
Eric Floehr was interviewed on Bloomberg TV on the 1pm news hour. The segment discussed how weather forecasts can be used in investing and trading, and how weather strongly affects consumer decisions and the economy.
2009-09-06
Ten Things Your Weather Forecaster Won't Tell You
The August 2009 issue of SmartMoney Magazine featured an article called "10 Things Your Weather Forecaster Won't Tell You". Eric Floehr and ForecastAdvisor were mentioned prominently in that article.
2007-07-22
ForecastWatch July 2007 Customer Newsletter
Big changes at ForecastWatch and ForecastAdvisor, largest comparative POP accuracy study released, June 2007 temperature and precipitation data aggregated.
2006-10-13
ForecastWatch.com October 2006 Customer Newsletter
The seasonal nature of weather forecast accuracy. ForecastAdvisor mentioned in the Wall Street Journal Online. September 2006 accuracy data audited and loaded.
2006-07-20
ForecastWatch.com July 2006 Customer Newsletter
Are more stable forecasts also more accurate? Does the National Weather Service have a problem with zip codes? June 2006 accuracy data audited and loaded.
2006-02-01
ForecastWatch.com January 2006 Customer Newsletter
Blog entry about forecasting temperature extremes posted, 2005 weather forecast accuracy data finalized and loaded, Interesting 2005 summary information
2005-12-15
ForecastWatch.com December Customer Newsletter
ForecastAdvisor.com launched!, Weather forecast accuracy article in the Akron-Beacon Journal (and our response), November temperature and precip accuracy data available
2005-09-27
ForecastWatch.com September Customer Newsletter
Our hearts and prayers go out to the victims of Hurricane Katrina and Rita, ForecastWatch can help your quality, ForecastWatch mentioned in Columbus business newspaper, August and year-to-date 2005 data have been audited and loaded.
2005-08-30
ForecastWatch.com August Customer Newsletter
NWS National Digital Forecast Database (NDFD) now tracked. "Best Places to Live or Work If You Need to Know What the Weather Will Be Like Tomorrow" report published. July and year-to-date 2005 data have been audited and loaded.
2005-08-23
ForecastWatch.com Study Ranks Weather Predictability for U.S. Cities
ForecastWatch.com recently published a new study ranking weather forecast accuracy and temperature variability of more than 600 U.S. cities. The report, "Best Places to Live or Work If You Need to Know What the Weather Will Be Like Tomorrow," is free to people who depend on accurate weather information.
2005-07-29
ForecastWatch.com July Customer Newsletter
Having fun with persistence forecasts. June and year-to-date 2005 data have been audited and loaded.
2005-06-21
ForecastWatch.com June Customer Newsletter
Founder talks about weather to local high school class. Skill measurements based on climatology and persistence forecasts are now in. May and year-to-date 2005 data have been audited and loaded.
2005-04-21
ForecastWatch.com April Customer Newsletter
ForecastWatch.com is adding skill measurements based on climatology and persistence forecasts. March and year-to-date 2005 data have been audited and loaded.
2005-03-23
World Meteorological Day 2005
Wednesday, March 23, is World Meteorological Day. To all meteorologists
2005-03-11
CustomWeather Turns to ForecastWatch.com For Accuracy Data
CustomWeather was interested in the accuracy of their probability of precipitation forecasts. Naturally, they turned to ForecastWatch.com, the only company that provides ongoing weather forecast accuracy information to meteorologists, utilities and energy companies, the agriculture industry, and anyone whose reputation or business depends on being right about the weather.
2005-02-06
ForecastWatch.com January Customer Newsletter
An article about how ForecastWatch validates the forecast and actual data, and one about how actuals are measured have been put on the site. December and full-year 2004 data have been audited (and re-audited) and loaded.
2004-12-20
ForecastWatch.com December Customer Newsletter
Ten million forecasts have been scores, Intellovations wishes all a happy new year, and the November weather forecast accuracy data has been audited and loaded.
2004-12-03
ForecastWatch.com November Customer Newsletter
Canadian cities and precipitation accuracy here and ready for beta testing, A thunderstorm picture taken by ForecastWatch founder Eric Floehr appears in WeatherMatrix 2005 weather calendar, and the October weather forecast accuracy data has been loaded and audited.
2004-10-19
ForecastWatch.com October Customer Newsletter
Precipitation accuracy scoring is coming, the September weather forecast accuracy data has been loaded and audited, and the United States Postal Service releases Cloudscapes stamps.
2004-09-24
ForecastWatch.com In The News
ForecastWatch.com provided statistics used in Springfield (Mass.) Republican Newspaper, in an article titled "Forecasts Can Get Cloudy".
2004-09-13
ForecastWatch.com September Customer Newsletter
A new look for ForecastWatch.com, the August weather forecast accuracy data has been loaded and audited, and 50,000 new low temperature scores have been added.
2004-08-10
ForecastWatch.com August Customer Newsletter
The July weather forecast accuracy data has been loaded and audited, additional cohorts have been added to the downloadable statistics, and the August release of ForecastWatch.com provides additional accuracy.
2004-07-14
ForecastWatch.com July Customer Newsletter
The June weather forecast accuracy data has been loaded and audited, and clickable maps have been added to the user interface.
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