Winter '21 / '22 - Snow Storm #3: Call for Forecasts!

Knickerbocker Theatre
27/29- JAN-1922

High amplitude flow regime across CONUS ... courtesy RIDGE - WEST / TROF- EAST longwave configuration ... appears primed to deliver one heck of a contest-worthy snow storm for the last weekend of JAN.  It/s also the 100 year anniversary of the Knickerbocker Theatre fire.

- Enter your forecast at the NEWxSFC/s home page at http://www.newx-forecasts.com/

- Follow the top-of-page link from 'Enter Snow Storm Forecast'

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Forecast element: each station/s storm-total snowfall

Deadline for entries: 10:00 PM EST ... THU ... 27-JAN-22

Verification begins: 12:01 AM EST ... FRI ... 28-JAN-22
Verification ends: 11:59 PM EST on the day when flakes stop accumulating.

You also get the chance to see how well your forecast stacks up against NWS Eastern Region Weather Forecast Offices. Turns out they/ve been fairly easy to beat!

Who Can Enter
Amateur and professional forecasters; broadcasters with or without trained Seals; any and all other weather-biz types and / or wanna-bees; wish-casters ... astrologers ... along with any other universally recognized class of dreamers; Pollyannas or Cassandras ... registered Nostradamuses ... non-violent megalomaniacs ... woolly-bear caterpillars or their Agents ... pest detectives ... ne.wx NG survivors; riders on the StormVista ... refugees from AmericanWx and/or USWeather free agents ... including self-imposed exiles from Eastern Wx ... and of course ... meteorologists.

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The snowfall forecasting contest for Snow Storm #3 may be cancelled prior to the deadline if at least 6 to 8 stations are unlikely to observe at least a 4" storm-total snowfall.

If you are issuing your first forecast this winter ... or you entered the 'season-total' forecast contest ... you/ll need to create an account -- user name / password / valid e-mail (if you want a copy of your forecast sent to your Inbox).

As always ... there/s no cost ... no fee ... no advertising ... or annoying requests for personal information to enter a forecast. It/s just a fun exercise for winter wx enthusiasts to see who can make the best synoptic-scale snowfall forecast.