Abstract: A climatic forecast system for generating an optimized forecast remotely acquires digital data via a digital network, the digital data including observations and at least one model digital forecast; and performs hybrid forecasting, including inputting the observations, the at least one model digital forecast, and first forecast data. The hybrid forecasting is adapted to process the observations, the at least one model digital forecast and the first forecast data, and to apply at least two of a statistical model, a simple general circulation model, and a multi-model synthesis algorithm to the first forecast data to produce at least one hybrid forecast as a probability density.