tailodds FORECAST
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Lightning is stale (225 h old). Lightning items are paused; thunderstorm items still come from official observations.

Weather observations is stale. Weather items are paused until it is fresh again; missing observations never end a weather event.

Forecast Major Resolved Delay MDW departures

Model lowers Midway departure delay risk 9 AM–noon Saturday to 32%, near normal

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  1. Initial Forecast

    Model forecasts 57% delay risk for Midway departures 9 AM–noon Saturday

    Tailodds’ model gives the 46 departures scheduled from Midway 9 AM–noon Saturday an average 57% chance of leaving 15+ minutes late. With calm weather the same flights would average 10%. From the 2:00 AM CDT forecast (model famB-sd-v4i). This is a forecast, not a report of delays.

    Evidence for this update
    TargetMDW departures 9 AM–noon 2026-10-24 (15+ min late)
    Probability (calibrated, mean per flight)57% over 46 flights
    Forecast cycle · horizonSat Oct 24, 2:00 AM CDT · 5.5 h ahead
    Model versionfamB-sd-v4i
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-10-24 08:27 UTC)
    SourcesTailodds forecast
    Provenanceforecast_blocks forecast-blocks-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1
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  2. Resolution Forecast

    Model lowers Midway departure delay risk 9 AM–noon Saturday to 32%, near normal

    What changed: 57% → 32%; calm-weather level 11%

    Tailodds’ model gives the 47 departures scheduled from Midway 9 AM–noon Saturday an average 32% chance of leaving 15+ minutes late. With calm weather the same flights would average 11%. From the 3:00 AM CDT forecast (model famB-sd-v4i). This is a forecast, not a report of delays.

    Evidence for this update
    TargetMDW departures 9 AM–noon 2026-10-24 (15+ min late)
    Probability (calibrated, mean per flight)32% over 47 flights
    Forecast cycle · horizonSat Oct 24, 3:00 AM CDT · 5.1 h ahead
    Model versionfamB-sd-v4i
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-10-24 08:56 UTC)
    SourcesTailodds forecast
    Provenanceforecast_blocks forecast-blocks-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1
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