Site News Griteater Snowfall Contest 👀

[Downeastnc]

I am on the east side of town and did sit under the band for longer than the western end of the county, but there is no way Greenville only has 8.5". Greenville official numbers are notoriously low though, every single storm, I certainly would throw out that 8.5".

 

[LFCenc]

I am on the east side of town and did sit under the band for longer than the western end of the county, but there is no way Greenville only has 8.5". Greenville official numbers are notoriously low though, every single storm, I certainly would throw out that 8.5".

I live in Greenville, NC, a few miles south of downtown (and I guessed 8.5" exactly), but there is no way that figure is accurate. I measured 13", and that may be low due to compaction. Has to be in the low double digits, at a minimum.

 

[Downeastnc]

I live in Greenville, NC, a few miles south of downtown (and I guessed 8.5" exactly), but there is no way that figure is accurate. I measured 13", and that may be low due to compaction. Has to be in the low double digits, at a minimum.

I'm in Simpson, technically about 3 miles east of town.

 

[SnowQueen]

When will the wiener be announced? Jimmy and Cary (sorry too lazy to go back for accurate handles) stick out in my mind as having sniffed out what this storm was gonna do… based on their numbers.

 

[griteater]

OK, GREENVILLE COOP has kept its total at 8.5

I sent a DM to each of the posters who contributed to the pot for the contest, and to a few other longtime forum members, requesting their feedback on the situation regarding the total reported at Greenville - i.e. whether to go with the 8.5 reported by the GREENVILLE COOP or use the backup plan which was the average between the amount recorded by WeatherNC and Downeastnc (13.7). The overwhelming feedback I received was to use the averaged amount of 13.7 (a few others in the thread here have shared a similar response).

I don't like going against my word that we would use the GREENVILLE COOP value if they reported, but given that the 13.7 value appears to be a much better representation of the snowfall in that area, and based on the feedback I received, I'm going to use the 13.7 value. Note: on Friday afternoon, I had not heard back from WeatherNC on whether he could measure (not his fault), so around 6:30pm in the Banter thread, I asked Downeastnc if he could measure in case GREENVILLE COOP didn't report. Downeastnc suggested that he and WeatherNC both measure since they live on opposite sides of Greenville (and maybe because it was going to be a tough measure given the amount of wind), so that's what we settled on doing.

Using 13.7 at Greenville makes @cyclogent the winner (Congraulations!). Had I decided to use the 8.5 at Greenville, @SuperNET would have been the winner. So, as a bit of consolation here, for the $200 pot, I am going to give $150 to cyclogent and $50 to SuperNET

I will post the spreadsheet results in a moment below. Let me know if you see any issues. I'll give it a day and execute the payouts tomorrow.

 

[griteater]

Here are the actual forecasts from each poster (not the differential from actual snowfall - I'll post that next)...

 

[griteater]

Here are the forecast results (differential between forecast snowfall and actual snowfall)...

 

[cyclogent]

Oh dang, I won? Wow I don't know what to say, lol. Lot of fun tracking this system and glad to see so much of the board racking up some totals and enjoying a long overdue storm.

 

[Rain Cold]

Oh dang, I won? Wow I don't know what to say, lol. Lot of fun tracking this system and glad to see so much of the board racking up some totals and enjoying a long overdue storm.

Congrats!!

 

[Ross]

7th from last gosh you guys have permission to remove my met tag for a week or two

 

[NBAcentel]

7th from last gosh you guys have permission to remove my met tag for a week or two

Don’t worry it’s my worse performance yet in one of these. Raleigh absolutely cooked me

 

[Jimmy Hypocracy]

A lot of fun Grit. We appreciate everybody that helps put this together occasionally in the off chance that it sometimes might snow at some of our houses. Oh and @Tarheel1 , if you ain’t first you’re last

 

[Jimmy Hypocracy]

Don’t worry it’s my worse performance yet in one of these. Raleigh absolutely cooked me

Columbia underperforming and the RAL wildcard were tough. I thought CAE was going 5-6 without a sweat

 

[superjames1992]

My forecast was a catastrophe, almost as bad as what’s going on at the Greenville Co-Op.

 

[BullCityWx]

7th from last gosh you guys have permission to remove my met tag for a week or two

I honestly expected a last minute shift NW and sleet in Greenville. I also didnt believe such a dry slot in raleigh.

 

[weather bubba]

Columbia underperforming and the RAL wildcard were tough. I thought CAE was going 5-6 without a sweat

Columbia and Raleigh under performing hurt me too. This was my worst performance in one of these contests.

 

[TheWeatherDriver]

7th from last gosh you guys have permission to remove my met tag for a week or two

this storm was a hard forecast though

 

[Drscottsmith]

Thanks for organizing this one grit and congrats!

 

[JHS]

9th place out of 104 of us. Not too bad and if Raleigh had not been dry slotted I could have finished higher.

 

[rduwx]

Oh dang, I won? Wow I don't know what to say, lol. Lot of fun tracking this system and glad to see so much of the board racking up some totals and enjoying a long overdue storm.

Congrats cyclogent! Thanks Grit for organizing!