The validation programme is being designed around a protocol fixed in advance with an independent academic partner, a comparison against a weather-only baseline, and a published result either way. Formal registration in a public study registry is planned, not yet filed.
A protocol fixed before data collection, agreed with an independent academic partner, sets out what counts as a pass and what counts as a failure. The comparison runs against a weather-only baseline and against established reference methods.
Formal registration in a public study registry is planned and has not yet been filed, and we will say so on this site until it has.
Correction, 25 September 2026: an earlier version of this note described a fixed lead time as the validation target. The programme no longer sets one. It investigates whether the signal adds information over reference methods and how reliably; any lead time is reported as an open outcome.