Winter '18 / '19 - 20th Annual 'Regular Season' Snowfall Forecast Contest: FINAL Results
After five snow storm forecasting contests ... under the ‘two-thirds’ rule … forecasters who entered at least FOUR forecasts are included in this season's FINAL standings.
Full table with all other error statistics at the Contest/s web site here (direct link).
Individual forecaster's storm statistics here (direct link).
Best Forecasts by Storm
Top 10 Forecasts (Error statistic: SUMSQ Z)
SUMSQ Error Z is the primary measure of forecaster skill (lower the better).
Accounts for the magnitude and distribution of the storm-total snowfall for all stations.
Top 10 Forecasts (Error statistic: Total Absolute Error Z - TAE)
TAE Error Z is the secondary measure of forecaster skill (lower the better).
Accounts for the magnitude of snowfall at each station.
Top 10 Forecasts (Error statistic: RSQ Z)
RSQ is a measure of the how well the 'forecast' snowfall captured the variability of the 'observed' snowfall (higher the better).
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Twenty unique forecasters submitted a total of 1,609 stations forecasts.
Seven forecasters entered all five contests.
Five forecasters entered four contests.
The remainder entered fewer than four.
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Hope to see y'all again next winter.
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