Sunday, February 7, 2016

Winter '15 / '16 - Snow Storm #2: Call for Forecasts

MDT
07-FEB-67
Riding the 18z NAM and GFS.
Minimum number of stations in play.
A few more are close enough.

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Forecast element: storm-total snowfall
Deadline: 10:30 PM EST ... MON ... 08-FEB-16
Verification period begins: 12:01 AM EST ... TUE ... 09-FEB-16
Verification period ends: when the snow stops falling

Enter your forecast at the NEWxSFC/s home page @ http://www.newx-forecasts.com/
Follow the top-of-page link from 'Enter Storm Forecast.'

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As always ... there/s no cost ... no fee ... no advertising ... or annoying requests for personal information to enter a forecast.  It's just a fun exercise for winter wx enthusiasts to see who can make the best synoptic-scale snowfall forecast.

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If you are issuing your first forecast this winter ... or you entered the 'season-total' forecast contest ... you/ll need to create an account (user name / password / valid e-mail ... if you want a copy of your forecast sent to your Inbox.

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Contest may be cancelled before deadline if storm appears to fizzle.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Submit time is Monday 10:30pm

Verification begins 12:01 am Tuesday.

What about all the snow fall that happened during the day on Monday?

TQ said...

Deadline for entries is 10:30 PM MON; therefore ... MON/s snowfall is not included in the verification totals for Snow Storm #2.