9^th Annual
NE.Wx Snowfall Forecast Contest
’07 / ‘08 - Final Standings

8 Storms

26 Forecasters

10 Rookies

2 Interns

3 Journeyman

11 Senior

2,072 Station Forecasts

560” Total Snowfall

Top Forecaster: donsutherland1

NEWxSFC - Final Summary					AVG SUMSQ				AVG STP					AVG Total Absolute				AVG Absolute				Mean RSQ
Previous Ranks	Rank	Forecaster	Class	Total STN 4casts	Error (")	Error Z	% MPRV over AVG	Rank	4cast (")	Error	Error Z	% MPRV over AVG	Rank	Error (")	Error Z	% MPRV over AVG	Rank	Error (")	Error Z	%MPRV over AVG	Rank	RSQ	RSQ Z	% MPRV over AVG	Rank	Forecaster
1,2,1,1,1	1	donsutherland1	Chief	122	61	-1.165	56%	2	74.7	13.0	-0.569	41%	5	25.8	-1.175	31%	2	1.3	-1.222	31%	2	85%	1.273	20%	2	donsutherland1
8,6,4,4,4	2	Raven	Senior	113	90	-0.685	34%	5	73.9	14.8	-0.121	5%	7	31.6	-0.516	16%	5	1.8	-0.228	8%	7	80%	0.763	13%	5	Raven
2,3,3,3,2	3	TQ	Senior	125	87	-0.679	28%	4	70.0	8.8	-0.931	58%	4	28.6	-0.980	21%	3	1.5	-0.760	15%	4	74%	0.233	5%	5	TQ
3,1,2,2,3	4	shanabe	Senior	130	119	-0.646	21%	6	70.3	19.2	-0.070	4%	8	33.5	-0.562	12%	6	1.6	-0.764	16%	5	76%	0.467	4%	6	shanabe
4,4,6,6,5	5	herb @maws	Senior	122	95	-0.486	24%	5	75.2	16.4	-0.193	15%	6	30.9	-0.490	14%	5	1.6	-0.305	9%	6	78%	0.316	6%	5	herb @maws
9,5,5,5,6	6	Donald Rosenfeld	Senior	126	114	-0.036	2%	6	69.2	15.9	-0.273	18%	5	32.7	-0.013	0%	6	1.6	-0.137	6%	6	79%	0.156	5%	6	Donald Rosenfeld
15,-,-,9,8	7	Mitchel Volk	Senior	131	157	0.089	-9%	8	97.5	20.9	0.124	-8%	7	42.7	0.270	-9%	10	2.1	0.267	-10%	10	68%	-0.286	0%	8	Mitchel Volk
7,7,7,7,7	8	jackzig	Senior	123	132	0.203	-4%	8	82.4	22.7	0.353	-16%	9	35.1	0.103	-2%	8	1.8	0.113	-3%	7	71%	-0.209	-4%	7	jackzig

Ten Best Forecasts by Z Score					Sum Square
Storm #	Date	Forecaster	Class	4casts	Error	Error Z	%MPROV over AVG	Rank
4	01-Jan	shanabe	Senior	24	22.2	-1.832	47.4%	1
7	22-Feb	Mitchel Volk	Senior	26	59.5	-1.411	41.3%	1
2	16-Dec	pjc368	Rookie	17	69.1	-1.390	64.8%	1
8	29-Feb	Raven	Senior	20	24.5	-1.343	69.2%	1
6	12-Feb	donsutherland1	Chief	27	40.4	-1.312	60.4%	1
1	02-Dec	donsutherland1	Chief	20	50.8