Although both are used, forecast is the preferred form. Forecast is an irregular verb, meaning that its past forms don't follow the general rule of adding ed to the base. ... That said, you can probably get away with forecasted in informal writing — but why would you want to? And if you follow AP style, stick to forecast.
How do you use forecast in a sentence?
There is frost on the ground and snow is forecast.
- What's the forecast for tomorrow?
- The weather forecast says there will be rain.
- The weather forecast is good for tomorrow.
- Rain is forecast for the weekend.
- Cooler weather is forecast for the weekend.
- The government has issued a pessimistic economic forecast.
Is there a past tense for forecast?
#APStyle tip: Use forecast for the past tense of forecast, not forecasted. ... Although we give the uninflected -cast ending as the most common form for all the verbs ending with this, we also give the -ed ending for the past tense of the following words: broadcast, forecast, telecast, and simulcast.
