Confusion matrix for performance of the naïve persistence model
Observed
0
1
Predicted
0
13,698/13,814
116/13,814
99.16%
0.84%
1
116/586
470/586
19.8%
80.2%
Observed
0
1
Predicted
0
13,698/13,814
116/13,814
99.16%
0.84%
1
116/586
470/586
19.8%
80.2%
Note(s): This model develops a forecast using only the lightning state of the previous timestamp. For instance, if there is no lightning at time t, then the model predicts no lightning at t + 1. The wavelet enabled semi-parametric modeling approach outperforms a naïve model in this implementation and indicates this new methodology has explanatory power in the prediction of lightning phenomena