Heat EWS v2 — Forecast skill report

Generated 2026-06-17 23:30 IST · 45-day rolling window · 6 forecast sources benchmarked against DES network

1 · Headline — all leads pooled

Bias, MAE, RMSE, Pearson r against DES observed Tmax. Categorical scores (POD, FAR, CSI) for the IMD HW threshold (40 °C) and severe-HW threshold (42 °C). Green = strong, yellow = acceptable, red = needs attention.

SourceBias°CMAERMSEr POD₄₀FAR₄₀CSI₄₀POD₄₂CSI₄₂n
IMD GFS GRIB+1.924.145.650.2220.7810.3940.5180.710.37314725
IMD GFS+0.382.894.120.3850.6240.2950.4950.5410.3866445
IMD MME-0.192.814.040.3790.5930.3120.4680.4820.35913110
ECMWF IFS-3.414.345.350.3510.2740.2060.2550.1490.14116350
GFS NCEP-0.273.114.490.3640.6250.2970.4940.5370.37716350
ICON DWD-1.863.254.360.3650.3750.2420.3350.30.2611524

2 · Skill by lead time (RMSE °C)

SourceD+0D+1D+2D+3D+4D+5D+6D+7D+8D+9D+10D+11
imd_gfs_grib5.935.325.595.685.735.665.535.445.255.176.026.64
imd_gfs3.833.994.124.34.36
imd_mme3.863.783.763.753.794.044.194.354.374.55
ecmwf_ifs5.225.115.155.355.385.195.335.455.565.7
gfs_ncep4.054.24.164.24.284.444.414.744.915.35
icon_dwd4.54.714.444.264.244.194.16

3 · D+1 statewide Tmax — APSDMA forecast vs DES observed

— Observed (DES network) — APSDMA imd_gfs_grib forecast (D+1) last 45 days Tmax (°C)
Interpretation guide.
• Bias closer to 0 = forecast unbiased.
• RMSE < 1.5 °C is operational-grade; 1.5-2.5 is acceptable; > 2.5 indicates retraining MOS may help.
• POD (probability of detection) should be high; FAR (false-alarm ratio) low; CSI > 0.5 is good.
• This report is auto-generated nightly. Source: verify_daily.py.