Eric Floehr

Eric Floehr is the founder and owner of ForecastWatch, a company that evaluates the accuracy of weather forecasts.
Overview
Floehr created a program by utilizing Python that gathered online weather forecasts released by the AccuWeather, National Weather Service and The Weather Channel.
In 2018 author Michael Lewis cited Floehr's work in his book, The Fifth Risk, as “the closest thing to an authority on the relative accuracy of various weather forecasts.”
Forbes, dubbed Floehr as the “J.D. Power of weather prediction.” in a publication in June 2019.
Awards
Floehr received the Community Service Award (3rd Quarter 2017) for contributions to the Python Community including chairing the PyOhio conference, founding the Central Ohio Python User Group and serving as a resource for Python programmers in Columbus, OH.
Education
Floehr received a B.Sc in Computer and Information Science from Ohio State University in 1993.
Papers and research
* Bickel, J & Floehr, Eric & Kim, Seong Dae. (2011). Comparing NWS PoP Forecasts to Third-Party Providers. Monthly Weather Review. 139. 3304-3321. 10.1175/2011MWR3525.1.
* Anbarci, Nejat & H. Boyd III, John & Lee, Jungmin & Floehr, Eric & Song, Joon Jin. (2011). Population and Income Sensitivity of Private and Public Weather Forecasting. Regional Science and Urban Economics. 41. 124-133. 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2010.11.001.
* Anbarci, Nejat & Floehr, Eric & Lee, Jungmin & Song, Joon Jin. (2019). Economic Bias of Weather Forecasting: A Spatial Modeling Approach.

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