Monday, March 4, 2019

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

FEB-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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FEB Forecast Station Highlights
CAR
56% > monthly P-O-R-N

Biggest losers
Observed v P-O-R-N (% P-O-R-N)
RDU:  T v 2.4"
ORH:  T v 2.9"
RIC:  0.1" v 4" (3%)
NYC:  2.6" v 8.9" (29%)
SBY:  1" v 3.4" (29%)

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Season-to-Date
On average ... FEB contributes 257" (28%) toward the average season-total snowfall (D-J-F-M) of 914".

FEB-19 observed snowfall:  220" (24% of season-total snowfall)

Bonus snows in the M-A may seem like a distant memory; however ... five of the seven forecast stations with at least 95% of the annual average snowfall are in the M-A at this point in the season.

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