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Thunderstorms are forecasted vs Thunderstorms are forecast

Both phrases are similar, but 'thunderstorms are forecast' is the correct and more commonly used form. 'Forecast' is a verb, and in this context, it should be used in its base form without the '-ed' ending.

Last updated: March 26, 2024 • 777 views

Thunderstorms are forecasted

This phrase is not correct in English. 'Forecasted' is not the correct form of the verb 'forecast' in this context.

The correct form is 'thunderstorms are forecast.' 'Forecast' is the verb, and it should not be conjugated in this sentence.

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Thunderstorms are both scary and exciting.
Showers and thunderstorms are expected to continue well into tomorrow.
Northwest winds are forecasted at 15 to 20 knots.
Travelers, please be advised, a line of severe thunderstorms are moving across middle Tennessee, northern Alabama and Georgia.
However, for the remainder of the restructuring period, valuation change in loans are forecasted to be unsubstantial.
The successful efforts to ring-fence the disease are forecasted to take over 2% of our growth this year.
In total, all the measures envisaged within this area of restructuring are forecasted to improve the financial result of LOT by more than PLN [156-190] million in 2015.
They amounted to EUR 0,4 billion in 2012 and are forecasted to be only EUR 8 million in 2017.
Chinese imports are forecasted to remain mainly concentrated in the mechanicals and construction, as well as line pipe market segments, as indicated at recital 60 above.
Reference determined costs for the second reference period are forecasted to reduce on average by 2,1 % per year.
The sales are forecasted to reach [...] m3 for the first product and [...] m3 for the latter.
Profit in the markets business segment are forecasted to increase from [...] to [...] ISK until 2016, predominately due to greater fee and commission income.
Secondly, as mentioned at recital 102 above, the exports by the Community industry are forecasted to remain stable compared to decreasing production and sales in the Community market, as the exports focus on different market segments, as explained in recital 102 above.
Sales of the Community industry in the EC market are forecasted to decrease significantly, for the same reasons explained at recital 99 above, at least in line with the decrease of consumption but probably even more, according to the forecasts made by the sample Community producers.

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thunderstorms have been forecast
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thunderstorms were forecast
thunderstorms are predicted

Thunderstorms are forecast

This phrase is correct in English and is the more commonly used form. 'Forecast' is the verb in this context and should not be conjugated.

This phrase is the correct way to indicate that thunderstorms have been predicted or are in the weather forecast.

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Thunderstorms are both scary and exciting.
Showers and thunderstorms are expected to continue well into tomorrow.
Travelers, please be advised, a line of severe thunderstorms are moving across middle Tennessee, northern Alabama and Georgia.
Prices are forecast to drop still further.
According to the French authorities, the data in italics are forecasts.
3.6 Arbitration and Community referrals Three arbitrations and Community referrals are forecast in 2002.
However, the Autumn 2003 Economic Forecasts confirm that inflation differentials among Euro Member States differ widely and that they are forecast to continue to do so in 2004.
For Pomerania as a whole, passenger numbers are forecast to increase from 7,8 to 9 million passengers in 2030.
As for 2007, both commitments and payments are forecast to be concentrated in the last months of the year, with a clear peak in December.
(the figures for 2006, 2007 and 2008 are forecasts)
The Commission will be aware that the indigenous peoples of the nation states are forecast to become minorities in their own ancestral homelands at various dates well within the current century.
With an expected current account surplus of over 3 % of GDP in 2008 that are forecast to stay near that level over 2009 and 2010, external balances are healthy.
Labour cost savings of GBP [...] million in real terms are forecast to be achieved between March 2010 and March 2015.
It is true that the Zambezi river has stopped rising, but the situation could change at any time as a result of the rainfall levels that have occurred or that are forecast to occur.
The main reason for this very slight increase is that cereals are much more attractive crops and greater increases in world market prices are forecast for cereals than for protein crops.
Overall, Poland has not complied with fiscal targets recommended for 2013, while for 2014 the targets specified in the Council recommendation of 21 June 2013 are forecast to be met.
Deficit ratios are expected to remain at around the 2005 level of 2.4%, while debt ratios, after declining only marginally, are forecast at levels still above 70 % of GDP.
The TAC shall be calculated by deducting the following quantities from the total removals of cod that are forecast by STECF as corresponding to the fishing mortality rates referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3:
- Forecast today, showers and thunderstorms with strong northwesterly winds gusting up to about 50 miles per hour.
weather forecast: grey skies today; humid, expect showers and maybe a thunderstorm.

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thunderstorms have been forecast
thunderstorms will be forecast
thunderstorms were forecast
thunderstorms are predicted
thunderstorms are expected

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