Are there any (European or international) weather resources good enough to tell me when it will stop raining? [more inside]
posted by creasy boy on Oct 1, 2009 - 4 answers

I'm looking for a trend forecasting service or information similar to WGSN. My partner is a design director for woman's wear company that needs this type of information but doesn't have the budget for it. Any help will be appreciated.
posted by boby on Nov 5, 2008 - 3 answers

How do changes to the tax rates correlate with changes to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and how are those changes forecasted? [more inside]
posted by brandnew on Oct 14, 2008 - 4 answers

Say a large web based company like Amazon or eBay wants to roll out a major new feature but first needs to perform a cost benefit analysis. What's the process used to forecast the benefits? [more inside]
posted by gfrobe on May 26, 2008 - 12 answers

My girlfriend is driving from Detroit to Los Angeles and can leave anytime starting tomorrow. But she's nervous about bad weather and ice storms. When should she leave? Help me plot out a sunny route to sunny california. [more inside]
posted by rileyray3000 on Jan 17, 2007 - 14 answers

Why do weather forecasters say there's an 80% chance of rain when it's raining right now? [more inside]
posted by pyjammy on Dec 21, 2006 - 25 answers

Is there a measure for the accuracy of weather predictions? Have predictions been increasing in accuracy recently? Over the last decades? Any notable major changes? Is a temperature prediction much more accurate than a precipitation % forecast? [more inside]
posted by foraneagle2 on Dec 6, 2005 - 7 answers

Looking for a good source for Canadian weather forecasts. [more inside]
posted by Count Ziggurat on Jul 6, 2005 - 3 answers

Could anyone point me to an online resource that would let me look up the weather forecast for a date in the past? Failing that, could someone tell me what the weather was like in NYC yesterday?
posted by vers on Nov 13, 2004 - 6 answers