To economically and reliably balance electrical load and generation, electrical grid operators, also called Balancing Authorities (BA), need highly accurate electrical power generation forecasts in time frames ranging from a few minutes to six hours ahead. As wind power generation increases, there is a requirement to improve the accuracy of 0- to 6-hour ahead wind power forecasts. Forecasts covering this short look-ahead period have depended heavily on short-term trends obtained from the actual power production and meteorological data of a wind generation facility. Additional data are often available from Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models and sometimes from off-site meteorological towers near wind generation facilities.