SY · per-country backtest
Syria forecast vs reality
Every Voidly Sentinel shutdown-risk forecast for Syria, plotted against what actually happened. 28 (predicted, observed) pairs from the rolling 30-day evaluation window.
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Forecasts evaluated
28
since Apr 17
Accuracy @ 0.5
42.9%
12/28 correct
Brier score
0.709
lower is better
Observed positive rate
79%
mean predicted 5%
Forecast time series
Blue line: forecast probability. Green ✓ markers: forecast was right. Red ✗ markers: forecast was wrong. Dashed line at 0.5 is the binary decision threshold.
Y axis: forecast probability · Faint tick: distance to observed outcome (0 or 1)
All 28 predictions (newest first)
| Eval date | Forecast | Pred ≥ 0.5? | Observed? | Correct? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14 | 4.1% | — | no event | ✓ |
| May 13 | 4.6% | — | no event | ✓ |
| May 12 | 3.6% | — | no event | ✓ |
| May 11 | 4.7% | — | shutdown | ✗ |
| May 10 | 4.7% | — | shutdown | ✗ |
| May 9 | 4.8% | — | shutdown | ✗ |
| May 8 | 3.8% | — | shutdown | ✗ |
| May 7 | 4.9% | — | shutdown | ✗ |
| May 6 | 5.5% | ↑ | shutdown | ✓ |
| May 5 | 6.0% | ↑ | no event | ✗ |
| May 4 | 6.3% | ↑ | no event | ✗ |
| May 3 | 4.0% | — | no event | ✓ |
| May 2 | 4.6% | — | shutdown | ✗ |
| May 1 | 6.3% | ↑ | shutdown | ✓ |
| Apr 30 | 6.5% | ↑ | shutdown | ✓ |
| Apr 29 | 6.1% | ↑ | shutdown | ✓ |
| Apr 28 | 7.6% | ↑ | shutdown | ✓ |
| Apr 27 | 7.0% | ↑ | shutdown | ✓ |
| Apr 26 | 4.6% | — | shutdown | ✗ |
| Apr 25 | 7.2% | ↑ | shutdown | ✓ |
| Apr 24 | 6.4% | ↑ | shutdown | ✓ |
| Apr 23 | 4.0% | — | shutdown | ✗ |
| Apr 22 | 3.5% | — | shutdown | ✗ |
| Apr 21 | 3.9% | — | shutdown | ✗ |
| Apr 20 | 3.6% | — | shutdown | ✗ |
| Apr 19 | 4.2% | — | shutdown | ✗ |
| Apr 18 | 4.4% | — | shutdown | ✗ |
| Apr 17 | 3.3% | — | shutdown | ✗ |
How to read this
- Each row is one historical forecast. We made the prediction at eval_date, then waited the 7-day horizon, then graded against the observed outcome.
- Forecast % is the calibrated probability we published that day. Post-recalibration (2026-05-20) these now match actual observed rates much better — see the refit finding.
- Pred ≥ 0.5 shows the binary alert decision. Note we usually fire alerts at a lower threshold (see /v1/sentinel/global_heatmap for the live cutoff) — the 0.5 column here is for backtest scoring consistency with the global confusion matrix.
- Correct = both (pred ≥ 0.5) and (observed) agree.
Related
- /atlas/forecast/sy — current 7-day calibrated forecast for Syria with SHAP drivers
- /sy — Syria country page (current state, recent incidents)
- /sentinel/backtest — global reliability diagram + per-country comparison table
- Calibration refit writeup