Sunday, February 3, 2019

Winter '18 / '19 - Season-total Snowfall Forecast Contest: JAN Totals

JAN-19 snowfall summary by Contest forecast station.
Rank ordered descending by percent of monthly period-of-record-normal (P-O-R-N).

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Green ==> 75th percentile
White ==> less than 75th and greater than 25th percentile (inter-quartile range)
Red ==> 25th percentile

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JAN Forecast Station Highlights
CAR
Record monthly snowfall (59.8")
Old record:  44.5" (1994)

IAD ... DCA ... BTV
More than double monthly P-O-R-N

Biggest losers
Observed v P-O-R-N
RDU:  0" v 2.5"
ORH:  T v 2.9" (2%)
EWR:  0.9" v 8.3" (11%)
BDR:  1.2" v 8.9" (13%)
NYC:  1.1" v 7.5" (15%)
PVD:  1.6" v 10.2" (16%)

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Season-to-Date
On average ... JAN contributes 275.6" (30%) toward the season-total snowfall (D-J-F-M) of 914".
JAN-19 observed snowfall:  296.3" (32% of season-total snowfall)


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Teleconnection indexes and month-over tendency (updated as they become available)
AO:
NAO:
PDO:
QBO
SOI:
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