Winter '18 / '19 - 18th Annual 'Season-total' Snowfall Forecast Contest - Call for Forecasts!
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| NEWxSFC Meteorologist-in-Charge Seasonal Forecasts |
NE.Wx/s 18th annual ‘Season-total' Snowfall Forecast Contest is the absolute best ... biggest ... and probably ONLY chance to be recognized for your long-range forecasting acumen ;/
And it's s-o-o easy.
Cool prizes ... too!
All you have to do is issue the best forecast for the season-total snowfall at 25 east coast stations between RDU and CAR!
Deadline: FRI ... 30-NOV-18 @ 11:59 PM EST
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Visit the Contest's website to enter your forecast.
Follow the link at the top of the page to 'Enter Season-total Forecast.'
1st place prize (delivered post-paid right to your front door):
"The Snow Booklet" by Nolan J. Doesken and Arthur Judson (paperback) and
"Snow in America" by Bernard Mergan (hardcover)
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As always ... NO cost ... NO fees ... NO advertising ... NO annoying requests for personal information to enter the contest. NEWxSFC is just a fun exercise for winter wx enthusiasts to see who can make the best season-total snowfall forecast.
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Forecast element: sum-total season snowfall @ each station
Forecast period: 01-DEC-18 through 31-MAR-19
Verification: NWS preliminary climate reports (CLM or CF6)
Error statistic: total absolute error [Σ abs(forecast - observed)]
Low score wins.
Update your forecast as often as you want prior to the deadline.
Only your last entry gets verified.
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The reigning NE.Wx ‘Season-Total’ Snowfall Forecasting Champ-een is Don Sutherland
Last year's 'Season-total' forecast summary ... verification ... and final results ==> here
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The Contest is open to amateur and professional forecasters; broadcasters with or without trained Seals; any and all weather-biz types and / or wanna-bees; wish-casters ... astrologers ... along with any other universally recognized classes of dreamers; Pollyannas or Cassandras ... registered Nostradamuses ... non-violent megalomaniacs ... woolly-bear caterpillars or their agents ... pest detectives ... NE.Wx NG veterans and lurkers; riders on the StormVista ... refugees from AmericanWx ... USWeather survivors ... including self-imposed exiles from Eastern Wx ... and of course ... meteorologists.
In honor of USENET/s ne.weather/s patron saint Mr. Joseph Bartlo's final request (RIP) ... trolls ... goats ... hat3-lsiters ... and psests need not apply.
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2 comments:
Hope we get a good turnout. By the way, it's Friday Nov 30 this year.
Not sure how I spotted that but I know how it happened from my own editing oversights (last year, right?)
I gave this contest a mention on the American Weather Forum, may or may not increase the numbers.
-- Roger Smith
Thanks for the eagle-eye and the AmWx mention (again).
Don't know I'd do without you.
Been spreading the word on Facebook past few weeks hoping to increase the number of forecasters.
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