Minority Report

Traverse City, MI — every free forecast we can get, averaged to be a little more right. County seat of Grand Traverse County.

Updated Friday, November 13, 2026. Recorded fresh this morning from five free sources, and graded later against what the weather actually did.

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Thursday, November 12

High 45°   Low 36°   Rain 76%

They disagree — a coin flip (highs spread 2°, rain spread 60 points, 4 sources)

Minority report — Thursday, November 12: the US model (GFS) stands apart, rain 40% against a group average of 76%.
Thursday, November 12 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service—33°68%
US model (GFS)44°35°40%
European model (ECMWF)45°36°100%
German model (ICON)46°36°80%
Canadian model (GEM)46°37°93%
The average45°36°76%

Friday, November 13

High 41°   Low 35°   Rain 70%

They disagree — a coin flip (highs spread 3°, rain spread 57 points, 5 sources)

Minority report — Friday, November 13: the European model (ECMWF) stands apart, rain 100% against a group average of 70%.
Friday, November 13 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service41°35°79%
US model (GFS)39°32°43%
European model (ECMWF)41°35°100%
German model (ICON)41°35°65%
Canadian model (GEM)42°37°62%
The average41°35°70%

Saturday, November 14

High 43°   Low 38°   Rain 61%

They disagree — a coin flip (highs spread 4°, rain spread 58 points, 5 sources)

Minority report — Saturday, November 14: the European model (ECMWF) stands apart, rain 96% against a group average of 61%.
Saturday, November 14 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service44°35°45%
US model (GFS)43°39°38%
European model (ECMWF)41°38°96%
German model (ICON)45°41°68%
Canadian model (GEM)43°38°59%
The average43°38°61%

Sunday, November 15

High 44°   Low 37°   Rain 16%

Pretty close — fairly safe (highs spread 3°, rain spread 22 points, 5 sources)

Minority report — Sunday, November 15: the National Weather Service stands apart, rain 1% against a group average of 16%.
Sunday, November 15 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service45°33°1%
US model (GFS)43°40°15%
European model (ECMWF)44°36°22%
German model (ICON)46°36°23%
Canadian model (GEM)43°38°19%
The average44°37°16%

Scoreboard — who has been most right (all recorded cities)

Scoring has started — every forecast is being recorded. The first grades land once the historical record publishes what actually happened (it runs a few days behind), and this board fills in from there.