Seasonal Forecast

The AER Seasonal Forecast, sCast, is the most skilled and comprehensive seasonal forecasting service in the industry.

We introduced enhanced techniques to deliver the winter forecast earlier in the season starting autumn 2011.

Improve Your Financial Performance with Early and Accurate Energy Demand Guidance

Investors and energy producers turn to seasonal temperature forecasts from Atmospheric and Environmental Research to improve the performance of their energy-focused investments.

AER’s accurate seasonal forecasts help portfolio managers maximize returns, hedge downside risks and develop superior investment strategies.

The Skilled Forecast You Can’t Afford to Ignore

When winter’s on the horizon, investors and energy traders know there’s no substitute for an accurate seasonal forecast and subseasonal updates.

• Our proprietary model consistently outperforms the government and other providers of seasonal temperature forecasts.
• AER provides advisory consultations whenever key turning points are anticipated or observed. These enable our clients to take positions in advance of other investors.

The result

AER was the only firm that correctly predicted the cold winter of 2010-2011. (See map below.)  We're pleased to share verification of AER's forecast skill in prior years to qualified energy investors and fund managers; request forecast skill here.

AER clients were significantly better positioned to maximize their weather impacted investments, well ahead of the rest of the market.

Seasonal Forecast Service Overview

• Detailed regional forecasts of Heating- and Cooling- Degree Day (HDD and CDD)
• Population-weighted for electricity, gas and oil
• 6-month seasonal forecast for the U.S. and the Northern Hemisphere
• Extensive temperature and precipitation information in both tabular and map formats, making these seasonal forecasts easy to understand
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Scientific Research Underlying the Skill of the AER Seasonal Forecast

The high skill of the Seasonal Forecast is based on over a decade of extensive atmospheric research.

Unlike other seasonal weather forecasts, the AER winter forecast uses a unique initialization scheme that analyzes snow cover in Siberia in addition to El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and warming trends. AER has shown that Siberian snow cover can be use to predict the strength of the polar vortex, which is highly correlated with the frequency of Arctic outbreaks in the mid-latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere.