Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Winter '24 / '25 - 24th Annual 'Season-total' Snowfall Forecast Contest: The Forecasts!

19-OCT-1940
All forecasts at the Contest/s web site. (direct link to forecast data table here).

---
Welcome and Good Luck to All 🍀🍀🍀

Senior NEWxSFC forecaster WXCHEMIST ... having made the best 'season-total' snowfall forecast for Winter '23 / '24 ... returns this year to defend his 'Chief Season-total Forecaster' title.

Forecasters also compete against the Period-of-Record Normal (P-O-R-N) and CONSENSUS.

Table below rank-orders forecasts by ascending season-total snowfall.



BLUE - Quartile 1
RED - Quartile 4
ORANGE - Winter '24 / '25 Chief 'Season-total' forecaster

P-O-R-N - Period-Of-Record Normal
CONSENSUS - median forecast for each station

Forecasts submitted with decimal values have been recorded as such for verification;  however ... rounding was applied for display purposes only.

---
Forecasters:  20
Total station forecasts:  500 (excluding P-O-R-N & CONSENSUS)
 
Station forecasts for:
ABV normal:  66%
Normal:  5%
BLO normal:  30%


All forecasts at the Contest/s web site. (direct link to forecasts here).

---
Last SIX winter's have birthed below-normal season-total snowfall.  Probably fair to say we're due; although we said the same ting last year :(

---
The 26th annual individual snow storm forecast contests start when the flakes from a contest-worthy storm start flyin'.

'Call for Forecasts' announcements issued on this fine blog ... web site ... Facebook ... and via email.

Contest Status

PHL - Broad and Chestnut
early 1930s
Winter '24 / '25
NE.Wx Snowfall Forecast Contests
 
26th Annual 'Snow Storm' Snowfall Forecast Contest
UPDATE:  9 PM ET - FRI ... 18-OCT-24
 
Snow Storm #1
Synoptiscope in VCP32

---
Deadline for entries:  10 PM ET.  Typically ~24 hours before the leading edge of a contest-worthy snow storm is predicted to enter the forecast area.
 
Enter your forecast here.
 
---
24th Annual 'Season-total' Snowfall Forecast Contest 
UPDATE:  9 PM ET - WED ... 11-DEC-24

Deadline for entries has passed.
Details and Forecasts here

Monthly snowfall totals
DEC here
JAN here
FEB here
MAR here
 
---
Winter '23 / '24 - Snowfall Forecast Contests
25th Annual 'Snow Storm' Snowfall Forecast Contest
FINAL results here

23rd Annual 'Season-total' Snowfall Forecast Contest
FINAL results here