Another option would be to sell a forecast of the forecast of the forecast.
"But in light of the forecast, we can expect it to be windy all week.
The company's $25.4 million in operating income fell in the middle of the forecast range.
Its solution is a new product called MarketFirst, a sort of forecast of the forecast.
At Washington's Department of Transportation, the employees are well aware of the forecast.
The Met Office weather presenter was responding to teasing about the inaccuracy of the forecast.
In every other state, he should be within about three delegates of the forecast.
"Sales were at the high end of the forecast," said Jesse Toprak, an analyst at the auto research site TrueCar.com.
For the time being, however, the economic index still accounts for about 30 percent of the forecast.
Ohio, for instance, is not quite a must-win state for Mr. Romney, in view of the forecast model.
The political scientists have also noted that some of the forecast models have done better than others.
