Winter '17 / '18 - Snow Storm #5: FINAL Results

Forecasters' station verifications and the storm summary at NEWxSFC/s home page.
http://www.newx-forecasts.com/

	1st - HWSNBN
	SUMSQ:	63
	SUMSQ Z:	-1.524
	STP:	5.2	(4)
	TAE:	29.9	(1)
	AAE:	1.30	(1)
	2nd - NWS ER WFOs
	SUMSQ:	73
	SUMSQ Z:	-1.062
	STP:	5.8	(5)
	TAE:	30.4	(2)
	AAE:	1.32	(2)
	3rd - donsutherland1
	SUMSQ:	84
	SUMSQ Z:	-0.630
	STP:	8.6	(8)
	TAE:	33.0	(6)
	AAE:	1.43	(6)
	HM - Brad Yehl
	SUMSQ:	86
	SUMSQ Z:	-0.538
	STP:	30.8	(12)
	TAE:	32.9	(5)
	AAE:	1.43	(5)

SUMSQ:  sum of square errors (")
SUMSQ Z:  Z-score
STP:  storm total precipitation error (")
TAE:  total absolute error (")
AAE:  average absolute error (")
(#):  category rank

Forecast by Observed Snowfall Scatterplots for Top Forecasts
Dotted blue line below (above) solid red line ==> under (over) forecast

Snowfall analysis courtesy National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center
http://www.nohrsc.noaa.gov/interactive/html/map.html