Forecast (Ability): Difference between revisions

Forecast (Japanese: てんきや Weatherman) is an ability introduced in Generation III. Only one Pokémon has this ability.

Effect

In battle

During weather conditions, Forecast will change the type of the Pokémon with this ability.
The type of a Pokémon with this ability will change as follows:

• It will become Fire-type if it is sunny.
• It will become Ice-type if it is hailing.
• It will become Water-type if it is raining.
• It will return to being Normal-type if there is a sandstorm, it is foggy, Shadow Sky is in effect, the weather returns to normal, or a Pokémon with Cloud Nine or Air Lock comes onto the field.

This ability is made specifically for Castform, so if other Pokémon obtains this ability, it will have no effect. Conversely, if Castform loses Forecast, it will be stuck in whatever form it was in at the time.

Outside of battle

Forecast has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Forecast

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0351		Castform	Normal		Normal	Forecast	None	None
Please note that abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In the anime

The user's body glows and changes to an alternate form depending on the weather.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Castform's body glows white, blue or red and transforms its body depending on the weather.
Bart's Castform	Unfair-Weather Friends		Debut

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

The user's head becomes surrounded by a transparent shape depending on the form it will take. It then transforms its body into an alternate form depending on the weather.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Castform's head becomes surrounded in a transparent shape depending on the form that it will take and it transforms its body depending on the weather.
Ruby's Popo	VS. Ludicolo		Debut

Triva

• In Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, a trainer will play the animation used if one of their Pokémon faints while Castform transforms.

In other languages

• French: Météo
• German: Prognose
• Greek: Πρόγνωση
• Italian: Previsioni
• Spanish: Predicción

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.