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Table 3.

Skill scores for the SIDC forecast and numerical models for the forecast of flare events of classes M or X.

SIDC forecast Persistence Recurrence 14 days Recurrence 27 days Corrected recurrence 14 days Corrected recurrence 27 days
n 3119 3119 3119 3119 3119 3119
a 150 176 62 65 184 68
b 82 99 215 214 201 202
c 250 224 338 335 216 214
d 2637 2620 2504 2505 2518 2517
Hits (%) 4.81 5.64 1.99 2.08 5.90 5.96
False alarms (%) 2.63 3.17 6.89 6.86 6.44 6.48
Misses (%) 8.02 7.18 10.84 10.74 6.93 6.86
Correct rejections (%) 84.55 84.00 80.28 80.31 80.73 80.70
Events (%) 12.82 12.82 12.82 12.82 12.82 12.82
POD (%) 37.50 44.00 15.50 16.25 46.00 46.50
FAR (%) 35.34 36.00 77.62 76.70 52.21 52.06
PC (%) 89.63 89.64 82.27 82.40 86.63 86.66
Bias 0.58 0.69 0.69 0.70 0.96 0.97
HSS 0.42 0.47 0.09 0.10 0.39 0.40
TSS 0.34 0.40 0.08 0.08 0.39 0.39

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