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. Five 'contest' storms.
00/01 - Permanent station list created. (RDU - CAR). Rules and scoring formalized. First Contest 12/30. 10 Contest storms.
01/02 - 'Season-total' forecasting contest launched. Twenty-five forecasters predicted each station/s 'total snowfall' for the winter. First Contest storm 12/9. Nine Contest storms.
02/03 - First Contest storm 11/27. Ten Contest storms.
03/04 - Web site launched. Forecasts submitted via online entry form. Forecast reporting and verification processes streamlined. Two forecast stations added (BGR, BGM). First Contest storm 12/14. Ten Contest storms.
04/05 - First Contest storm 12/20. Nine Contest storms.
05 /06 - First Contest storm 12/5. Four Contest storms.
06/07 - Regular season starts late with first Contest storm 2/14. Five Contest storms...last one in April.
07/08 - Record number of forecasters (36) enter 'Season-total' Contest. Regular season starts 12/3.
5 comments:
I miss it... which is why i keep checking back hoping for some science followed by opinion of what it means.
Please do the contest again, maybe you can post on the American Weather Forum newsgroup
Mitchel Volk
I hope we do it again.. it is a lot of fun!
Ira
I hope that we can do it.
Best wishes,
Don
Thanks to everyone for their comments and expressed interest in continuing the Contest.
Will make an announcement about the Contest's future later today.
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