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# How to pronounce "nowcast" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/nɒwkæst/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **now·cast**

## Meaning & Usage

### NOUN
- A weather forecast predicting the weather for a very short upcoming period, usually only a few hours.
  - *Example*: "A low-probability nowcast was essentially a “No Forecast", but issued with less confidence."
- An estimate made by nowcasting.
  - *Example*: "The indices are nowcasted at a very low level, meaning thousands of nowcasts. Attention has been focuesed on the nowcasts that fail validation checks."

### VERB
- To predict the weather for a very short upcoming period (usually a few hours).
  - *Example*: "If the nowcasted or forecasted rainfall depth is greater than the FFG, then flooding in the basin is considered likely."
- To estimate what is currently happening based on knowledge of how data is biased.
  - *Example*: "The indices are nowcasted at a very low level, meaning thousands of nowcasts. Attention has been focuesed on the nowcasts that fail validation checks."

### Example Sentences
- "A low-probability nowcast was essentially a “No Forecast", but issued with less confidence."
- "The indices are nowcasted at a very low level, meaning thousands of nowcasts. Attention has been focuesed on the nowcasts that fail validation checks."
- "But nowcasting means-- as I showed you in the film the other day-- nowcasting is seeing the thing and then saying, watch out, it's there."

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (5 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "nowcast" in real conversation:

### Example 1
*Accent: US*
> "But these are the fronts back here. But nowcasting means-- as I showed you in the film the other day-- nowcasting is seeing the thing and then saying, watch out, it's there."
- **Watch at 37:27**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg81YhJDn_M&t=2247s)

### Example 2
*Accent: US*
> "We call it nowcasting."
- **Watch at 19:41**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Su5pDR2cTs&t=1181s)

### Example 3
*Accent: US*
> "So we use what's called nowcasting."
- **Watch at 37:21**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg81YhJDn_M&t=2241s)

### Example 4
*Accent: US*
> "is that they do what they call "nowcasting," which is, they predict how many poor people there should be, based on the country's GDP."
- **Watch at 36:36**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIFB6SBw2lU&t=2196s)

### Example 5
*Accent: US*
> "These are also projections for the World Bank of what they called the "nowcasting." Which is, of course, the way we normally count"
- **Watch at 34:26**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIFB6SBw2lU&t=2066s)


## How to Pronounce "nowcast"

- **Syllables**: now · cast
- **IPA**: `/nɒwkæst/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Words

### Word Forms
[nowcasts](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/nowcasts), [nowcasted](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/nowcasted), [nowcasting](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/nowcasting)


## Related Pronunciations

[noicest](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/noicest)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “nowcast”?
“nowcast” is pronounced /nɒwkæst/ (now · cast). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “nowcast”?
“nowcast” has 2 syllables: now · cast.

### What does “nowcast” mean?
A weather forecast predicting the weather for a very short upcoming period, usually only a few hours.

### How can I hear “nowcast” used in real sentences?
This page has 5 real-world video examples of “nowcast” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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