to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance

to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.

to serve as a prediction of; foreshadow.

to contrive or plan beforehand; prearrange.

to conjecture beforehand; make a prediction.

to plan or arrange beforehand.

a prediction, esp. as to the weather.

a conjecture as to something in the future.

the act, practice, or faculty of forecasting.

Archaic . foresight in planning.

noun

astrologer , meteorologist , nostradamus , prophet , seer , soothsayer