Is there the right term for time points in hourly weather forecast?
I spotted that a scientific paper [1] uses the &quot;lead time&quot; term, and then its definition [2] was found from the Glossary of Meteorology by the American Meteorological Society.

forecast lead time
The length of time between the issuance of a forecast and the
occurrence of the phenomena that were predicted.

[1] https://link.springer.com/article/10.3103/S106837391405001X
[2] http://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Forecast_lead_time