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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Mar Syst. 2009 Feb 20;76(1-2):151–161. doi: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2008.05.016

Table 8.

A comparison of forecast user accuracy for only moderate–high reports using (1) all wind data and all lifeguard reports, (2) only correctly forecasted winds and all lifeguard reports, (3) all wind data and area level reports and (4) correctly forecasted winds and county level reports

1 2 3 4
Forecast/
observed		 All winds/all
reports
(# reports)		 Correct winds/
all reports
(# reports)		 All winds/
county level
reports
(# days)		 Correct winds/
county level
reports
(# days)
Forecast
correct		 116 115 33 32
Forecast
total		 567 521 45 41
Percent 20.5% 22.1% 73.3% 78%