This last storm is still winding down so I’ll try and get an update in sometime later today ro tonight. Some of the cities still have more to add to their totals like New York City, Boston and so on. No doubt there will be some changes coming and the chances are pretty good that NYC will be in the top 10. I’ll probably switch from JFK to Central Park for the new stats for them. I knew as soon as I pulled Batlimore and DC out of the stats they would start something up. Stay Tuned 
First off congrats to Green Bay and Pittsburgh on making it to the Super Bowl! That’s twice in a week that Pitt busted my bubble. Once beating my boys the Syracuse Orange and the second time beating my favorite football team the NY Jets 
As far as the snow contest goes Syracuse has managed to hold onto the lead so far with a little bit of snow in the forecast for this week. Hopefully the storm to the south will move inland a little but as of today it’s not looking like it will. Things could change though 
Here in Syracuse it was something like 13 below zero this morning and places to the north and around Syracuse were a lot colder than that. Rochester, NY is still knocking on South Bend, Indiana’s door but just can’t seem to slip ahead of them.
There was some slipping around in the top 10 but only one city dropped out and that was Erie, Pa. They got bumped out by Worcester, Mass has been moving up the snow mountain along with Boston pretty good the last few updates. Just 3 updates ago they were in 32nd place and now they are #10. I dropped several cities from the All Snowiest city section that really haven’t been doing much and still have to add a few. I figure I can always add them back if some storms start up. I did look up a few of the cities and if you want to suggest any to add to the contest remember it’s cities with a population of 100,000 or more. Dropped from the list are below.
| 58-64-64 | Wichita, Kansas |
354,865 |
4.0 |
8.1 |
| 59-55-52 | Washington DC (National) |
550,521 |
3.8 |
8.8 |
| 60-59-56 | Baltimore, Maryland |
635,815 |
4.3 |
6.9 |
| 61-60-59 | Springfield, Missouri |
150,298 |
4.0 |
??? |
| 62-56-55 | Albuquerque, New Mexico |
494,236 |
2.0 |
??? |
| 63-63-63 | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
382,457 |
2.8 |
??? |
| 64-62-62 | Oklahoma City, OK |
531,324 |
0.4 |
5.0 |
Have a Great Week All!!!
Three weeks ago today, it was the end of 2010. To celebrate, here are the top 10 wettest major U.S. cities in 2010. The same rules apply for here as the driest cities: only cities with a population of 100,000 or more, and have stats available on the NWS climate pages, are eligible to be on this list. In all, 152 cities in the United States matched the criteria. Precipitation is measured in inches in liquid equivalent.
| Wettest Major U.S. Cities | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rank | City | Precipitation |
| 1 | San Juan, PR | 89.51 |
| 2 | Miami, FL | 65.10 |
| 3 | Mobile, AL | 59.87 |
| 4 | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 59.44 |
| 5 | Nashville, TN | 59.08 |
| 6 | Wilmington, NC | 58.57 |
| 7 | Tallahassee, FL | 58.54 |
| 8 | Charleston, SC | 57.57 |
| 9 | Baton Rouge, LA | 55.27 |
| 10 | New Orleans, LA | 53.92 |
Have a great weekend everyone!
This edition of Point Blank Range Forecasts will focus on low temperatures in Texas. Before this weekend’s outlook is revealed though, it is a look back at the last forecast.
Last weekend’s forecast involved the major cities in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Below are the weekend totals for each.
Detroit, MI: 1.3
Flint, MI: 2.1
Grand Rapids, MI: 2.9
Lansing, MI: 1.1
Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN: 1.5
Green Bay, WI: 4.1
Madison, WI: 5.1
Milwaukee, WI: 5.4
Bull’s Eye: All eight listed areas receive at least 3 inches of snow this weekend.
On Target: Four to seven of the listed areas receive at least 3 inches of snow this weekend.
Complete Miss: Four or more of the listed areas receive less than 3 inches of snow this weekend.
Three of the eight reached the 3 inch mark, so that is a Complete Miss. Grand Rapids was 1 tenth of an inch away from making it On Target.
Here are the updated results for the season, combined with the Golden Snowball site.
| Point Blank Range Forecasts Results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region | Bull’s Eye | On Target | Complete Miss | Points |
| Average: 0.75 | ||||
| GSB | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| GSG | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
A tough weekend for me as both the GSB and GSG forecasts resulted in Complete Miss outlooks. That brings my average down to 0.75, below the goal for the end of the season. There are eight more forecasts remaining this season, so I still have plenty of time to reach that mark.
Now on to this weekend’s outlook. As mentioned earlier, this edition focuses on low temperatures in Texas. Temperatures are expected to be below average for this time of year, and I believe a majority the 5 biggest cities in Texas (Austin, Dallas/Forth Worth, El Paso, Houston and San Antonio) will be below freezing at some point in the weekend, Friday night through Sunday.
Bull’s Eye: All five listed have sub freezing low temperatures this weekend.
On Target: Three or four listed have sub freezing low temperatures this weekend.
Complete Miss: Two or fewer listed have sub freezing low temperatures this weekend.
Remember to check out the Golden Snowball site to see that update. Have a great weekend everyone and try to stay warm!
After some technical difficulties (both on my end and on the NWS site), I’m finally able to reveal the top 10 driest major U.S. cities in 2010. It’s a few weeks into 2011, but that’s how it goes sometimes. As a quick reminder, only cities with a population of 100,000 or more, and have stats available on the NWS climate pages, are eligible to be on this list. In all, 152 cities in the United States matched the criteria. Precipitation is measured in inches in liquid equivalent.
| Driest Major U.S. Cities | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rank | City | Precipitation |
| 1 | Las Vegas, NV | 5.90 |
| 2 | El Paso, TX | 6.67 |
| 3 | Albuquerque, NM | 8.96 |
| 4 | Phoenix, AZ | 9.14 |
| 5 | Reno, NV | 9.25 |
| 6 | Colorado Springs, CO | 9.37 |
| 7 | Palmdale, CA | 10.92 |
| 8 | Tucson, AZ | 11.13 |
| 9 | Pueblo, CO | 11.60 |
| 10 | Riverside, CA | 12.03 |
Later this week, I’ll post the wettest major U.S. cities in 2010. Have a great week everyone!
We have three new cities in the top 10 for the first time this season. Boston, Mass, Erie, Pa and Hartford, Connecticut picked up quite a bit of snow since the last update at the Golden Snow Globe website. I knew Erie would make a move sooner or later and they have had it pretty easy up until the last week. Boston and Hartford are a little bit of a surprise but with the storms coming up the northeast coast they should keep cashing in on the white gold.
More of a surprise to me is that Boston is ahead of Worcester, Mass which you don’t see too often. Syracuse, still the snowiest city to beat most likely hit the 100 inch mark as I was updating the stats. A nice blast of lake effect snow dropped a quick couple of inches as I was updating and it hasn’t stopped yet. There are still several cities just a couple of good snow storms away from Syracuse so don’t think it’s a runaway for Syracuse. If South Bend can tap into another LES event like a couple of weeks ago they are right there with Da’Cuse. A couple more Nor’easters and several cities will be in the running
According to the weather channel all of the US states received measurable snow with the exception of Florida. I don’t know if that is a first or not. I know it explains why this update took a little longer than normal with most of the cities listed here receiving some snow. That said, I will be dropping a few cities and adding a few. I know some of the cities in the southeast have picked up some snow and if you have a city in mind that you want listed that has received at least 10 inches give or take let me know. Remember though that the population has to be 100,000 or more. Hey,
Have a Great Week All
With Martin Luther King Day on Monday, it’s a three day weekend for most people. So, I figured this edition of Point Blank Range Forecasts should be for Sunday through Monday. Before we get into this weekend’s outlook though, it’s a check of the outcome for the previous forecasts.
Last weekend’s outlook involved snowfall totals for four major Pennsylvania cities Allentown, Erie, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Their weekend totals are listed below.
Allentown: 2.3
Erie: 3.8
Philadelphia: 3.2
Pittsburgh: 2.3
Bull’s Eye: Allentown, Erie, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh each have snowfall totals between 1-4 inches for the weekend.
On Target: Three of the four have snowfall totals between 1-4 inches for the weekend.
Complete Miss: Any other outcome.
All of them fell in the 1-4 inch range for the weekend, so the forecast is a Bull’s Eye.
Here are the results for the season, combined with the Golden Snowball site.
| Point Blank Range Forecasts Results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region | Bull’s Eye | On Target | Complete Miss | Points |
| Average: 1.50 | ||||
| GSB | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GSG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Now on to this weekend’s outlook. The biggest threat of snow appears to be in the upper Midwest states of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin, so the PBR forecast for the weekend involves the major cities Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids and Lansing in Michigan, Minneapolis/St. Paul in Minnesota and Green Bay, Madison and Milwaukee in Wisconsin.
Bull’s Eye: All eight listed areas receive at least 3 inches of snow this weekend.
On Target: Four to seven of the listed areas receive at least 3 inches of snow this weekend.
Complete Miss: Four or more of the listed areas receive less than 3 inches of snow this weekend.
Remember to check out the Golden Snowball to see that update. Have a great weekend everyone!
It’s snowing or at least was in South Bend, Indiana and they moved up the snow mountain big time. Cory dropped a post about the snow and sure enough they are closing in on Syracuse, New York. Hopefully it is still snowing there and they will close the snowflake gap even more. Just light snow in the Syracuse area right now but they are under an advisory which could keep things interesting.
Rochester and the rest of the pack dropped down the snow hill a spot with the record snow that South Bend picked up. They set a date record yesterday with 26 inches of the fresh white stuff blowing away the old record set in 1978 with 7.9 inches of snow. Myself, being from Syracuse, I’m loving the fact that the snow contest is finally getting close. WTG South Bend and there is still a ton of time left for some of the other cities to make a move……
Just a storm or two and hopefully there will be several other cities closing in. Have a Great Week All
It’s snowing or at least was in South Bend, Indiana and they moved up the snow mountain big time. Cory dropped a post about the snow and sure enough they are closing in on Syracuse, New York. Hopefully it is still snowing there and they will close the snowflake gap even more. Just light snow in the Syracuse area right now but they are under an advisory which could keep things interesting.
Rochester and the rest of the pack dropped down the snow hill a spot with the record snow that South Bend picked up. They set a date record yesterday with 26 inches of the fresh white stuff blowing away the old record set in 1978 with 7.9 inches of snow. Myself, being from Syracuse, I’m loving the fact that the snow contest is finally getting close. WTG South Bend and there is still a ton of time left for some of the other cities to make a move……
Just a storm or two and hopefully there will be several other cities closing in. Have a Great Week All
Before I get into the first Point Blank Range Forecast of the season, I figured I’d mention what the PBR Forecast is. Basically, a PBR is the exact opposite of the Shot In The Dark forecast in that research has been done while making the forecast, though sometimes it can be from a gut feeling. I also try to keep it from being like a typical forecast that is seen on TV or on other websites.
This edition focuses on Pennsylvania, where some snowfall is expected over the weekend. It won’t be nearly as much as the blizzard produced, but the major PA cities should see a couple of inches of snow.
Bull’s Eye: Allentown, Erie, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh each have snowfall totals between 1-4 inches for the weekend.
On Target: Three of the four have snowfall totals between 1-4 inches for the weekend.
Complete Miss: Any other outcome.
As always, check the Golden Snowball website to see the GSB forecast for the weekend.
