forestating

Noun

 * 1) A stating in advance
 * 2) * 1878, Annual Report of the Secretary of War - Volume 1:
 * When the forecasts or indications thus published are examined in reference to accuracy of preannouueement of the state of the weather only (not the forestating, as is the custom, the changes of the barometer, thermometer, and average wind-direction to happen), the average percentage of accuracy is found to be 90.7 per cent, verified.