NE.Wx Snowfall Forecast Contests: NOAM Temperature Departures

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Short History of NEWxSFC

99/00 - spawned on USENET/s ne.wx newsgroup to discover which poster(s) made skillful forecasts for synoptic-scale snowfalls in the NE and Mid-Atlantic. No formal entry process. Forecasts gleaned from newsgroup posts. Contest storms: 5

00/01 - Permanent station list created. (RDU - CAR). Rules and scoring formalized. First Contest 12/30. Contest storms: 10

01/02 - 'Season-total' forecasting contest launched. Twenty-five forecasters predicted each station/s 'total snowfall' for the winter. First Contest storm 12/9. Contest storms: 9

02/03 - First Contest storm 11/27. Contest storms: 10

03/04 - Web site launched. Developed online entry forms. Streamlined forecast reporting and verification processes. Added two forecast stations (BGR, BGM). First Contest storm 12/14. Contest storms: 10

04/05 - First Contest storm 12/20. Contest storms: 9

05 /06 - First Contest storm 12/5. Contest storms: 4

06/07 - Regular season starts late with first Contest storm 2/14. Contest storms: 5 (last one in April)

07/08 - Record number of forecasters (36) enter 'Season-total' Contest. Regular season starts 12/3.

08/09 - 10th anniversary!

18/19 - 20th anniversary!

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NEWxSFC appreciates greatly the on-going support from Senior Forecaster Donald Rosenfeld who began sponsoring the Contest/s web site in 2003 and enabled the development of our online entry forms.

NE.Wx Snowfall Forecast Contests

Thursday, March 5, 2009

NOAM Temperature Departures - February '09

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Contest Status ...

Today/s Snow Cover

===> Contest Info <===

Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10¢ in the lottery

Météo Sagesse

Snow Crows

Le Catalog

Empire State Building ... NYC

♫ Places to Go ...
♫ People to See ...
♫ Life/s A Ball ...
♫ If Only You Know It

Ice Serpent

StatCounter

Total Eclipse (Bronx Park ... NYC)

5th Avenue ... Winter

White Night

Short History of NEWxSFC

Chemin enneigé (snowy path - 1930)

Snowy Path

Steel Pier - ACY

The Dakota

Figure 8

How Much for Philly?

Washington Monument

Great Blizzard of 1888

Great Blizzard of 1888

Great Blizzard of 1888

Ice Harvest

Lancaster County

Blue Hill Observatory

Car in Winter on 7th Avenue

NE.Wx Snowfall Forecast Contests

Thursday, March 5, 2009

NOAM Temperature Departures - February '09

No comments:

Contest Status ...

Today/s Snow Cover

===> Contest Info <===

Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10¢ in the lottery

Météo Sagesse

Snow Crows

☼ A-L-E-R-T-S ☼

Le Catalog

Empire State Building ... NYC

♫ Places to Go ...♫ People to See ...♫ Life/s A Ball ...♫ If Only You Know It

Ice Serpent

StatCounter

Total Eclipse (Bronx Park ... NYC)

5th Avenue ... Winter

White Night

Short History of NEWxSFC

Chemin enneigé (snowy path - 1930)

Snowy Path

Steel Pier - ACY

The Dakota

Figure 8

How Much for Philly?

Washington Monument

Great Blizzard of 1888

Great Blizzard of 1888

Great Blizzard of 1888

Ice Harvest

Lancaster County

Blue Hill Observatory

Car in Winter on 7th Avenue

♫ Places to Go ...
♫ People to See ...
♫ Life/s A Ball ...
♫ If Only You Know It