Weather Forecast Accountability

[cretz]

• Obtain data regularly from popular forecasters
• Obtain actual data
• Compare and show differences
• Also show how the future forecasts skew as the time gets closer to the forecast

[cretz]

Notes:

• http://forecastwatch.com/ and http://www.forecastadvisor.com/ but they appear down
• NOAA provides FTP with up to data data
• Wunderground provides more but their API costs
• I can find no good resource detailing the accuracy of forecasts at the level I'd like
• I can find no good resource detailing the shift in forecasts over time as the current time approaches
• This project would be a good way to try out newer big data libs

[ghost]

• Weather insurance is a thing and presumably they use accuracy metrics to calculate ratios.