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 Are you the winner? It’s now time for the moment you have all been waiting for… THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE WINNERS OF THE SNOW PREDICTION CONTEST!
The contest is now over and we’ve checked and double-checked the totals. Here are the winners of the snow prediction contest. If your name is listed below, expect a call from us sometime in the near future… (Read More)  Filed in: Snow, Snow Prediction Competition, Snow Totals, Winter Storm, Wintercast 10-11 |  Comments: 11 comments |  Share:
 Veronica Grilling in the Snow Way back in October and November, we posted the Snow Prediction Contest post on the blog. Your job was to predict how much snow we would see at each of the four ‘big cities’ in the Alleghenies… Johnstown, Altoona, State College, and DuBois. We closed the contest at the end of November and have been sitting on the results since then waiting for the season to come to an end. Now that it’s over, here’s a look at the winners of the contest and the snow totals from the 2009-2010 snow season. As a guide, I provided the snow totals from the 2008-2009 season… Johnstown: 67.8″ Total: 173.8″ This season was nothing like last year. Have a look at the totals from the four ‘big cities’ for 2009-2010… Johnstown: 124.3″ Total: 283.4″ So who was the winner in the snow prediction contest? Take a look… How much snow will we have this year? You can do your part and take your best guess by filling out the form inside this post. We’re coming into the snowy season here in the Alleghenies and to make it more fun, we’re going to have a contest. Click on the link below to be taken to a website where you’ll be asked to give us three dates. With temperatures in the 80s, I hope it’s safe to put this competition to bed. We’ve waited all year to figure out who the big winners were going to be in the snow prediction competition. The results are in: Here are the numbers that we used for the final totals in the Alleghenies… Johnstown: 67.8″ Total: 173.8″ So, who was the big winner? Click into the post to find out… We’re about 75% of the way through Winter 2008-09 and it’s time to check in and see how we’re doing so far on our Wintercast. Here’s a recap of what we predicted back in November… Temperatures: November / December – 3 to 8° Below Average Precipitation: November / December – Close to Average So, how are we doing so far? Click into the post to find out. Not much has changed since the last snow prediction update, but I just wanted to post the spreadsheet file for your enjoyment. Just right-click on the following link and click ‘Save Target As…’ You can get to the file by clicking into the post. So, we’ve been getting snow reports left and right and now it’s time to sum up what you think so far. By the way, if you’d like to make your snow predictions, you can do so on the main weather page at wjactv.com. You only have until the end of the month! Let’s recap what we said about the winter first. - November and December will be close to normal - January through March will be above average - The season will be above average Last year’s averages were as follows:
A little ways into the competition, here’s where we stand right now:
Now, it’s time to see what you’ve said so far. I’ve put all the information into an Excel spreadsheet and found the following (If you haven’t yet made a guess, go to the main weather page now and do so before continuing with the post.)… |
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