Update Schedule

Below is table describing our forecast updating schedule. If all goes well, you should be able to expect initial forecasts and updates for TODAY and TOMORROW at approximately these times.

The Forecast Cycle

• Think of a "forecast cycle" as starting each morning at about 11:00 am. The first new product of the cycle is a 30-hr forecast that covers the period from 6:00 am that morning to 12 noon of the next morning. This is the forecast that pops up when you select TODAY from the menu of choices on the main cranberry page.

• The TODAY forecast is updated during the evening as explained earlier in this tour. These updates appear on the Web approximately one hour after the weather data used to correct the forecast were collected.

• Also on the main cranberry page are choices for TOMORROW for each forecast region. These graphs are created about 12:00 noon of TODAY in a forecast cycle. Again the date at the top of each graph applies to the time at the left edge of the graph. The TOMORROW forecast and graph are only updated once, and that happens after midnight.

• The forecast cycle ends about 2:00 am of the day after it started. At this time the TODAY graph and forecast are given their final update. The TOMORROW forecast is also updated at this time.