forecaster's

Rather, the probability is usually derived by multiplying the forecaster's confidence that rain will fall somewhere in the forecast area, by the proportion of the forecast area expected to receive the precipitation.

Sue Shellenbarger answers readers' questions Sue Shellenbarger 2011

"It is a fair estimate of the forecaster's confidence it will rain, and how widespread the rain will be," says Dr. Trobec, who is also commissioner on professional affairs for the American Meteorological Society, a professional group.

Sue Shellenbarger answers readers' questions Sue Shellenbarger 2011

And a dose of Tylenol for that forecaster's headache, too.

On-again, off-again Sunday snow is... Dan Stillman 2010

Futures hit a four-month low of $1.3375 a pound as recently as Aug. 23, with the market reeling from a respected forecaster's prediction that the 2010-11 crop would increase 15% from the previous year.

Orange-Juice Prices Storm Higher 2010

In other words, as our winter weather expert Wes Junker aptly put it yesterday, this storm has been a "huge headache," at least from a forecaster's perspective.

On-again, off-again Sunday snow is... Dan Stillman 2010

The only new elements that global warming is bringing to the weather forecaster's desk are the melting of the ice caps and glaciers, the consequent rising sea levels, and the rising acidity of the sea.

David Horton: Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow 2008

But for now, no one's forecasting the forecaster's future.

CNN Transcript Jul 5, 2007 2007

Half the Hurricane Center's staff signed a letter that called for Proenza's ouster, saying he was a divisive boss who hurt the forecaster's reputation, and his concerns about QuikSCAT were quote, "misguided."

CNN Transcript Aug 24, 2007 2007

Half the Hurricane Center's staff signed a letter that called for Proenza's ouster, saying he was a divisive boss who hurt the forecaster's reputation, and his concerns about QuikSCAT were "misguided."

CNN Transcript Aug 24, 2007 2007

But nobody is forecasting the forecaster's future.

CNN Transcript Jul 3, 2007 2007