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How the Engine Spots an Edge

01
Locate weather books
The discovery layer calls Polymarket's Gamma API with the weather tag filter, turning up anywhere from 200 to 1,200 active books at a given time. Every book holds several temperature outcomes, each with its own market price.
02
Parse the question
Each title is unpacked into structured metadata — city (mapped to lat/lon), date, temperature unit (°C / °F), and outcome bucket. The parser handles ranges ("30–31°F"), exact values ("14°C"), and tail buckets ("15°C or higher").
03
Pull four forecasts in parallel
Four concurrent API calls to four independent meteorology services, each returning the full hourly temperature array for the target date.

GFS (NOAA)

The US global model. Hourly out to 16 days. Strongest over North America. Tends to run a little warm in summer.

ECMWF (European)

World's most accurate global model. 10-day, 9km resolution. Gets the highest weight in consensus.

UKMO (UK Met Office)

British model. 7-day seamless. Strong for European patterns. Can lag behind rapid changes.

NWS (NOAA Direct)

US-only hourly forecast + active weather alerts. Best local station data for US cities.

04
Consensus & edge math
The four forecasts are blended into an ECMWF-weighted consensus with automatic outlier suppression. The probability core then runs horizon-aware sigma, Bayesian historical fold-in, Normal-CDF integration over each outcome bucket, and quarter-Kelly sizing — all to compare our number with the market's implied price.
05
Claude as senior meteorologist
Claude is prompted as a senior meteorologist with 15 years on the desk. Every analysis runs a five-step protocol: individual model review with known biases, synoptic pattern read, microclimate adjustments (urban heat island, coastal effects), Weather Underground station awareness, and a side-by-side comparison against current market pricing. Running on Claude Sonnet 4.6.
06
Strike & supervise
Orders route through Polymarket's CLOB as Fill-Or-Kill, falling back to GTC limits if needed. The streaming layer watches every open position in real time; the exit monitor enforces stop-losses, trailing stops and profit targets. Positions and balances reconcile with Polymarket every two minutes.
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