A guest post authored by James Richards, FRMetS of Meteoric Weather. Introduction I qualified as a UK Met Office forecaster back in 1995. Even in those days, forecasters were encouraged to frame forecasts in terms of probabilities. And with good reason. Ahead of time, the future has a range of possibilities, and with our forecasting[…]
Energy meteorologists are busier than ever Energy traders around the world rely on their energy meteorologists to keep them on top of the weather and ahead of the market. Huge advances in long-range forecasting over the last decade mean that energy meteorologists are busier than ever (see here and here) attending to a wealth of[…]
As the science of long-range forecasting matures, and evidence of real-world success accrues (see here and here), new applications of subseasonal and seasonal forecast information are emerging constantly. Traditionally, long-range forecasts for the energy industry have focused on expected variations in energy demand due to (mainly) temperature fluctuations, but energy supply is becoming more and[…]