Northeast U.S. (NE-US-wx) 18th annual seasonal snowfall contest

[Roger Smith]

Just giving a shout out and a link to the Northeast U.S. snow forecast site, which will be hosting its 18th annual seasonal contest and (for specific storms) the 20th annual storm forecasting contest.

This is already popular with several names you may recognize from American Weather forums. 

The link is here:

http://www.newx-forecasts.com/#RULES

and I would encourage you to click on the weblog site for interesting snow-related climate analysis posts.

Not sure if the organizer is a member of Am-wx but I think many of the participants are. The deadline for winter seasonal forecasts (for 25 locations in the eastern U.S.) is Nov 30 and the season used for verification is December through March only, so scale 'em back a little from your seasonals in total. Storm contests happen five to ten times a winter on average and are announced a couple of days ahead of the deadlines.

If this didn't exist, I would do it here, but it's already being done very well there -- so be there, or be square. 

Meanwhile, if you want the same sort of opportunity in the Midwest U.S., check out the snowfall contest in the Great Lakes / Ohio valley subforum and of course there is also the highly popular Mid Atlantic four station forecast contest in the MA subforum. Surprised there isn't one in the New England subforum but I guess they compare posted forecasts so it's about the same thing without a dedicated thread. 

 

[MONS]

Past contest winners show some familiar names.

Winter	Storm Contest	Season-total Contest
99/01	no standings	no contest
00/01	1st - Herb @ MAWS 2nd - APisces99 3rd - Donald Rosenfeld HM - Mitch Volk	no contest
01/02	1st - TQ 2nd - Herb @ MAWS 3rd - Rodney Barney HM - Steve Okonski	1st - Bernie Lowenthal 2nd - Steve Okonski 3rd - Don Sutherland HM - Greg
02/03	1st - Cooper 2nd - Ed Moran 3rd - Dave McGuriman HM - Herb @ MAWS	1st - Randy Adkins 2nd - Steve Okonski 3rd - PT HM - Herb @ MAWS
03/04	1st - Herb @ MAWS 2nd - Heidi the Horrible 3rd - Ralph Kramden HM - Shanabe	1st - Herb @ MAWS 2nd - Shanabe 3rd - Julie HM - Jack
04/05	1st - WxMachine 2nd - Shanabe 3rd - TQ HM - Ed Moran	1st - Steve Okonski 2nd - Shanabe 3rd - Mike Moriarty HM - Mitch Volk
05/06	1st - Don Rooney 2nd - Ed Moran 3rd - Shanabe HM - Don Sutherland	1st - Donald Rosenfeld 2nd - TQ 3rd - GaryM HM - Jack
06/07	1st - Donald Sutherland 2nd - Raven2001 2rd - TQ HM - Herb @ MAWS	1st - Raven2001 2nd - Ira Libov 3rd - GaryM HM - Donald Rosenfeld
07/08	1st - Don Sutherland 2nd - Raven 3rd - TQ HM - Shanabe	1st - Duke kc2dux 2nd - Shanabe 3rd - Don Sutherland HM - The Snowman
08/09	1st - Don Sutherland 2nd - Shanabe 3rd - Donald Rosenfeld HM - Raven2001	1st - TQ 2nd - Raven 3rd - Donald Rosenfeld HM - JSD
09/10	1st - Ilibov 2nd - Don Sutherland 3rd - Shillelagh HM - ejbauers	1st - Herb @ MAWS 2nd - MarkHofmann 3rd - ejbauers HM - Ilibov
10/11	1st - Don Sutherland 2nd - Donald Rosenfeld 3rd - Brad Yehl HM - ejbauers	1st - Roger Smith 2nd - Mitchel Volk 3rd - Iralibov HM - TQ
11/12	1st - Don Sutherland 2nd - Brad Yehl 3rd - Herb @ MAWS HM - TQ	1st - Roger Smith 2nd - Don Sutherland 3rd - Herb @ MAWS HM - Donald Rosenfeld
12/13	1st - dryslot 2nd - Brad Yehl 3rd - Don Sutherland HM - Donald Rosenfeld	1st - Donald Rosenfeld 2nd - Don Sutherland 3rd - NE Blizzards HM - Mitchel Volk
13/14	1st - Don Sutherland 2nd - Herb @ MAWS 3rd - Brad Yehl HM - TQ	1st - WXCHEMIST 2nd - Herb @ MAWS 3rd - snocat918 HM - christophertingus
14/15	1st - Don Sutherland 2nd - Donald Rosenfeld 3rd - TQ HM - WeatherT	1st - Don Sutherland 2nd - Donald Rosenfeld 3rd - TQ HM - Brad Yehl
15/16	No standings Too few storms	1st - snowman 2nd - Don Sutherland 3rd - MarkHoffman HM - Roger Smith
16/17	1st - Shillelagh 2nd - WeatherT 3rd - Brad Yehl HM - TQ	1st - TQ 2nd - Jessica_wxgirl 3rd - MillVille Wx HM - Don Sutherland
17/18	1st - Brad Yehl 2nd - Don Sutherland 3rd - NWS ER WFOs HM - Herb  @MAWS	1st - Don Sutherland 2nd - Mitchel Volk 3rd - Brad Yehl HM - TQ
Winter	Storm Contest	Season-total Contest