Saturday, December 14, 2013

Winter '13 / '14 - Storm #1: The Forecasts!

18 forecasters for this winter/s inaugural event.
Interns:  5
Journeymen:  1
Senior:  12


Forecasts are ranked by storm-total precipitation (STP).
BLUE ==> 25th percentile.
RED ==> 75th percentile.
STP cells without color are between the 25th and 75th percentile.

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Consensus for heaviest snows over the northern tier of forecast stations.


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Once again, teleconnections at odds with everything we think we know about them and decent snows in the NE US.


Everyone/s station-by-station forecast at the Contest/s web site.

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Promotions
New Interns (second year forecasting)
JDG63
kevinmyatt
Quagmireweathercentral
snowcat918
Wxoutlooks

New Journeymen (third year forecasting)
Brad Yehl

New Seniors (fourth year forecasting)
bruced39
MarkHoffman

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Special thanks to Senior forecaster Donald Rosenfeld for his continued support of the NEWxSFC contest.  Donald has hosted the Contest web site for many years and is responsible for its on-line forecast entry capabilities.

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