forecast

good, optimistic, promising

gloomy, pessimistic

conservative

accurate, correct

detailed

revised

annual

early

long-range, long-term

The long-term forecast suggests that house prices will continue to rise over the next five years.

short-term

The weather service issued a short-term forecast predicting rain for the next three days.

official

economic, financial, market, traffic, weather

cash-flow, cost, earnings, growth, profit, revenue, sales

prepare, produce

give, issue, make, provide

The weather service provided an accurate forecast for the weekend storm.

revise, update

rely on

be in line with

The weather prediction turned out to be in line with the forecast we heard yesterday.

predict sth, say sth, suggest sth

The weather forecast predicted heavy rain for the weekend.

assume sth

be based on sth

The weather forecast was based on satellite data collected over several months.

~ about

The weather forecast about tomorrow's rain turned out to be completely wrong.

~ for

The weather forecast for next week shows rain and cooler temperatures.

accurately, correctly

originally

The weather report originally forecast rain, but the sun came out instead.

be difficult to, be hard to

be widely forecast

The economic downturn was widely forecast by financial experts months before it happened.