Thunder Road Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Last week of the semester, good luck everybody! I got an e-mail from our coordinator saying that we have somebody in the top 10. I just checked and - it's me! (Sorry but I have to rub it in, considering I started in like the 800's in Miami.) Oh god the pressure, how do I not screw this up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincy Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 totally forgot to forecast, but luckily I threw something in on Sunday...not the best forecast, but better than completely missing it: 40/33/13/0.00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad1551 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Last week of the semester, good luck everybody! I got an e-mail from our coordinator saying that we have somebody in the top 10. I just checked and - it's me! (Sorry but I have to rub it in, considering I started in like the 800's in Miami.) Oh god the pressure, how do I not screw this up? Congrads to you and good luck to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 I had 42/36/21/0.25 for today. It looks like I nailed precipitation, so that's good, and it looks like my winds will be very close as there was a peak wind gust at 534z last night of 27 knots. Let's just hope the cold air isn't that strong later tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 I had 42/36/21/0.25 for today. It looks like I nailed precipitation, so that's good, and it looks like my winds will be very close as there was a peak wind gust at 534z last night of 27 knots. Let's just hope the cold air isn't that strong later tonight Nice call for today, especially the precip. The USL was the only model going high on QPF, and I bit on the HRRR showing most of the pcpn drying up right around 6z and only went with 0.11" as a result. I'm still hanging on to 1st at Valpo, but another bad day like today and that will be history, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Congrads to you and good luck to you. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Winds verified at 21 knots! Climo report is in. 24mph sustained and 31mph gust. Booyah, now the worst I can finish after day 5 looks to be 11th because it looks like the temp isn't dropping anytime tonight due to heavy cloud cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 I have been doing horribly in this city and its now by far my drop city. So for the last day I went all out and for an outlandish forecast.. If it pays off, I go negative SD. 38/26/15/0.02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 I finished 14th at Erie, (#1 at Valpo) and 329th overall (#4 at Valpo). Congratulations on a great semester everybody, and good luck with spring 2012! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 First forecast of 2012 due Monday night for NOLA! Good luck everybody! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I hope I remember to post my forecast tomorrow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 I hope I remember to post my forecast tomorrow... Didja? I think I went 76/55/12/0.07" The precip was a crapshoot, with the GFS BUFKIT spitting out 0.52" and the NAM BUF spitting out 0.00". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Didja? I think I went 76/55/12/0.07" The precip was a crapshoot, with the GFS BUFKIT spitting out 0.52" and the NAM BUF spitting out 0.00". Nope! I actually just woke up and immediately remembered that I never forecasted yesterday. I'm assuming that one location is dropped this semester, as well, just like last semester? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Nope! I actually just woke up and immediately remembered that I never forecasted yesterday. I'm assuming that one location is dropped this semester, as well, just like last semester? I would assume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil882 Posted January 31, 2012 Author Share Posted January 31, 2012 I would assume. Yep each semester you can drop one city. Anyway my numbers for today are 74/58/14/0.13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Yep each semester you can drop one city. Anyway my numbers for today are 74/58/14/0.13 Goods news. I did remember to forecast today, although with one missed day already, this is nearly assured ot be my dropped city. I could certainly see myself forgetting to forecast over spring break, though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil882 Posted January 31, 2012 Author Share Posted January 31, 2012 Goods news. I did remember to forecast today, although with one missed day already, this is nearly assured ot be my dropped city. I could certainly see myself forgetting to forecast over spring break, though... remember you can always add in a guidance forecast up to 4 days ahead. You don't get docked any points the first day you miss a forecast and have guidance instead, and thereafter you are only deducted 5 points instead of the 10+climo forecast you are given if you decide to not put anything. I believe guidance this year is the 18z GFS MOS although I'm not totally sure about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icebreaker5221 Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Shoot, forgot to enter my forecast! At least I got guidance, but it performed absolutely horribly today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Forgot to forecast again ... damn it! It doesn't matter much since this is almost assuredly going to be my dropped city after forgetting a city last week, but this is just bad. I consistently remembered to forecast last semester, but I've had trouble remembering lately... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Forgot to forecast again ... damn it! It doesn't matter much since this is almost assuredly going to be my dropped city after forgetting a city last week, but this is just bad. I consistently remembered to forecast last semester, but I've had trouble remembering lately... Set an alarm on your phone for every weekday at 2330. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Set an alarm on your phone for every weekday at 2330. Good idea, actually. I have pretty much given up on this city, though, as it will almost assuredly be dropped now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxMidwest Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Forgot to forecast again ... damn it! It doesn't matter much since this is almost assuredly going to be my dropped city after forgetting a city last week, but this is just bad. I consistently remembered to forecast last semester, but I've had trouble remembering lately... Sound like me, Tied for 54th after Day 2, then LOLs, went out and totally forgot.. I'll just wait till the next city... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 i'm sitting in 4th at Valpo, but 2 of those above me are grads who aren't in the dept. anymore I would probably be in 1st if I hadn't predicted 0.23" of rain on Friday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2Otown_WX Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Placed 97th in the nation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Placed 97th in the nation. Nice! I finished somewhere in the 100s. 1st at Valpo though! (Which makes me a returning champion, I might add...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Good news; I remembered to make a forecast today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Has anyone from here suggested a city for the TBA weeks yet? I'm waiting for my registration to be approved...but I think I'm going to throw Astoria, OR (KAST) into the pile of suggestions, since we didn't have a Pacific coastal city this year (the last 2 years used Seattle, and a year or two before that was Crescent City, CA) and the Pacific coast in Spring has marine layers and other fun things like that to deal with. Not to mention that the parade of major storms into the Pac NW might continue right into Spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Has anyone from here suggested a city for the TBA weeks yet? I'm waiting for my registration to be approved...but I think I'm going to throw Astoria, OR (KAST) into the pile of suggestions, since we didn't have a Pacific coastal city this year (the last 2 years used Seattle, and a year or two before that was Crescent City, CA) and the Pacific coast in Spring has marine layers and other fun things like that to deal with. Not to mention that the parade of major storms into the Pac NW might continue right into Spring. We should do Guam for kicks and giggles. Talk about an easy forecast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctsnowstorm628 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Placed 97th in the nation. 55th here! 4th at LSC though..lol I was 13th until the qpf went way up on day 8. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.B. LaForce Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Finished 22nd in the nation for KMSY, but not doing so hot already in KPVD, temp has dropped like a rock...grr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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