The technique will allow Zheng and her colleagues to produce as many as 100 computerized forecasts by varying the speed, direction and other parameters of coronal mass ejections in their models, instead of being restricted to one set of solar-storm conditions, as they are now.
John Zeng, the J. D. Power co-director of Asia forecasting for greater China, said that most of the reduced sales forecast — as many as 260,000 cars of the decline — reflected the effects of the Japan earthquake on the automotive supply chain.
The Electoral Reform Society predicts Labour will end up with 114 female MPs this time, almost twice as many as the Tories' forecast 59. "In 1997, half of our target seats were women-only shortlists.
Tech consultancy Canalys has forecast as many as five million smartwatches could be sold in 2014.
In a note to investors, Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray says the firm is now forecasting as many as 66 million sales of the new device in 2012, up from the earlier prediction of 60 million.
An estimated 3,726 people have been killed, although these numbers are in constant revision - with latest forecast indicating as many as 4,000 - and roughly 6,000 injured.
Nokia also repeated its forecast that as many as 440 million people around the world will buy or replace cellphones this year -- also an increase of about 15percentt.
Some Wall Street economists are forecasting that as many as 250,000 jobs were added in April -- 50,000 more than the most optimistic expectation for the previous month.
If the European court's ruling is upheld, the minister forecast that as many as 40 of about 500 ETA members currently held in Spanish prisons would also be likely to demand their immediate release.
Wang's forecast implies as many as 3 million factory workers losing their jobs.
