NE.Wx Snowfall Forecast Contests: July 2019

It's only been four years since the last update.

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Short History of NEWxSFC

99/00 - spawned on USENET/s ne.wx newsgroup to discover which poster(s) made skillful forecasts for synoptic-scale snowfalls in the NE and Mid-Atlantic. No formal entry process. Forecasts gleaned from newsgroup posts. Contest storms: 5

00/01 - Permanent station list created. (RDU - CAR). Rules and scoring formalized. First Contest 12/30. Contest storms: 10

01/02 - 'Season-total' forecasting contest launched. Twenty-five forecasters predicted each station/s 'total snowfall' for the winter. First Contest storm 12/9. Contest storms: 9

02/03 - First Contest storm 11/27. Contest storms: 10

03/04 - Web site launched. Developed online entry forms. Streamlined forecast reporting and verification processes. Added two forecast stations (BGR, BGM). First Contest storm 12/14. Contest storms: 10

04/05 - First Contest storm 12/20. Contest storms: 9

05 /06 - First Contest storm 12/5. Contest storms: 4

06/07 - Regular season starts late with first Contest storm 2/14. Contest storms: 5 (last one in April)

07/08 - Record number of forecasters (36) enter 'Season-total' Contest. Regular season starts 12/3.

08/09 - 10th anniversary!

18/19 - 20th anniversary!

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NEWxSFC appreciates greatly the on-going support from Senior Forecaster Donald Rosenfeld who began sponsoring the Contest/s web site in 2003 and enabled the development of our online entry forms.