A weather forecast for the immediate future that employs the trend method is called

A weather forecast for the immediate future that employs the trend method is called
   a. nowcasting.
   b. extrapolation.
   c. first order forecasting.
   d. linear forecasting.
   e. persistence forecasting.

Q. 2

A persistence forecast could be quite accurate when
   a. a frontal system approaches your location at constant speed.
   b. you are positioned in the middle of a large, stationary air mass.
   c. the weather has been unusually cold for several days.
   d. upper level winds blow straight from west to east.
   e. when a warm front is approaching.

Q. 3

Which forecasting method assumes that weather systems will move in the same direction and at the same speed as they have been moving?
   a. persistence forecast
   b. probability forecast
   c. weather type forecast
   d. climatological forecast
   e. steady state (trend) forecast

Q. 4

Weather forecast that predicts that the future weather will be the same as the present weather is called
   a. a steady-state forecast.
   b. the trend method.
   c. a persistence forecast.
   d. the analogue method.
   e. an extended weather forecast.

Q. 5

What would be the least accurate forecast method of predicting the weather two days into the future during changeable weather conditions?
   a. trend method
   b. persistence forecast
   c. analog method
   d. prediction by weather types
   e. numerical weather prediction

Q. 6

With the ____ method, a forecaster might look at a prog and say I've seen this weather situation before, and so and so happened, so I think the same thing will happen here.
   a. historical
   b. seasonal
   c. persistence
   d. analog
   e. predictive