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No Big Changes in The Top 10 Snowiest US Cities

Posted by Patrick on April 11, 2013
Posted in: All US Snow Cities, Anchorage Alaska Snow Info. Tagged: , , , , , .

Not a whole lot of changes this last update which included all of the cities. Most of the snowiest cities were pretty much snow-less since the last update but with the way this snow season has gone so far it’s still too early to crown a winner in my opinion.

A few of the Colorado cities are getting some snow but I think the city to keep an eye on right now is Anchorage. Once again this season they are over their normal snowfall totals and it seems every time I check their snow stats they have more snow to add. They are still in striking distance along with Erie, PA and Worcester, MA.

The warm air was suppose to show up in the Syracuse area this week but that never happened. I didn’t look to see if Erie has gotten into the warm air yet. To sum it up I think as long as the cold air is sticking around any of the top 4 cities can keep adding to their totals. I’ll be getting the updates in as I see the snow falling and Good Luck to the cities near the top ;)

Have a Great Week Everyone :)

BREAKING NEWS – Syracuse Plows Past Worcester and Erie

Posted by Patrick on April 2, 2013
Posted in: All US Snow Cities. Tagged: , , , , .

The new snow stats have finally come in and we have a new leader for the first time in awhile. Syracuse was able to tap into the Lake Effect snow this time round and managed to break the old record for todays date 4/2 picking up 10.5 inches of the white fluffy gold breaking the old date record of 1.4 set back in 1991.  They may have a shot at breaking their snow totals record for the month of April which I believe is 16.4 back in 1983 if it continues for a day or two.

Here is an article that came out today by Sean Kirst who is a great journalist for the Post Standard and Syracuse.com in the Syracuse and surrounding areas about the national snow contest.

Now it is up to Erie and Worcester to catch Syracuse, the new king of the snow mountain. Both cities were reporting just a trace this last update which included just the top 3 cities. Here in Da’Cuse it’s been light snow most of the day but it looks like one of the lake effect bands are just starting to kick in again as it’s coming down pretty good.

I have to say that this season has been the most exciting and closest one that I can remember since the snow contest started :) Let’s go Erie and Worcester, keep it close to the end. I’ll try and get a full or at least a top 10 update done in the next day or two.

Have a GREAT Week All!!

Is There a New Leader in The National Snow Contest

Posted by Patrick on April 2, 2013
Posted in: All US Snow Cities. Tagged: , , , , .

To be honest I don’t have a clue right now but I think it will be pretty close.  The problem is that the overnight snow stats aren’t out yet so I’ll do a quick update a bit later.  Hey, is there any new snow in Erie, PA?

I don’t think Worcester will have much to add to their snow totals but Erie may have gotten some new snow and Syracuse definitely got some decent lake effect snow last night as I am looking at it out my window right now.  The suspense is killing me though as to how much Syracuse received overnight and if Erie picked up any.  Syracuse may have gotten enough to take over the top spot from Worcester, MA who has held on to the lead for quite awhile now.

Not much info to share right now but I’ll be posting when the new NOAA snow stats come out.  Stay Tuned ;)

Fantasy Snowfall 2013: March Results

Posted by GSG Fantasy Snowfall on April 1, 2013
Posted in: All US Snow Cities. Tagged: , , , .

Just like with February, there’s lots to get into with the end of the month results. So…here they are…

GSG Fantasy Snowfall 2013 March Results
Pat Steve
108.15 106.50
Starters (Full Credit)
Buffalo, NY 9.8 Anchorage, AK 20.6
Erie, PA 25.4 Cleveland, OH 10.7
Fort Collins, CO 12.6 Madison, WI 15.2
St. Paul, MN 12.8 Minneapolis, MN 13.8
Syracuse, NY 20.2 Rochester, NY 11.9
Total 80.8 Total 72.2
Bench (Half Credit)
Green Bay, WI 8.4 Denver, CO 23.5
Spokane, WA 0.9 Des Moines, IA 9.6
Worcester, MA 30.9 Salt Lake City, UT 2.7
Newark, NJ 8.8 Boston, MA 20.6
Pueblo, CO 5.7 South Bend, IN 12.2
Total 27.35 Total 34.30

Pat takes this one! As mentioned in the previous update, and held true in the end, the bench was the star of the month. Both Pat and Steve’s highest totals were bench cities this month in Worcester and Denver, respectively. With three months down, and 1 to go, here’s how the overall standings look:

GSG Fantasy Snowfall 2013 Standings
Teams January February March April Total
Pat 80.25 165.90 108.15 0.0 354.30
Steve 84.55 174.30 106.50 0.0 365.35

Steve still has the lead, by a little over 11 inches heading into April. It may seem over, but all it takes is one well placed storm. And if you think that’s not likely to happen, keep this in mind: it’s currently snowing in Syracuse. Now on to the April starters:

Pat:
Fort Collins, CO
Green Bay, WI
St. Paul, MN
Worcester, MA
Newark, NJ
Pueblo, CO

Pat saved his double sleeper option for the end. And he has the current GSG leader Worcester starting. But, he was forced to bench some of his other big snow getters in Buffalo, Erie and Syracuse. Along with the two sleepers, Pat was forced to start Green Bay for April.

Steve:
Denver, CO
Des Moines, IA
Madison, WI
Minneapolis, MN
Boston, MA

Speaking of benching big snow getters, Steve had to bench Anchorage and Rochester for April. Steve also had to start Denver, Des Moines and sleeper Boston. Of the two remaining options available, Steve took the two northern cities Madison and Minneapolis.

Both are looking for a strong finish…at least as strong of one as you can get in April. Just 30 days remain in this year’s Fantasy Snowfall contest!

2 Snowflakes Between Syracuse & Erie

Posted by Patrick on March 26, 2013
Posted in: All US Snow Cities. Tagged: , , , , .

Worcester continues to defend their top spot as the King of the mountain but can they stay there? Syracuse and Erie are still running flake to flake and it seems every time Syracuse tries to spread a little snow between them Erie just blows them off and closes the snow gap even tighter.

Right now Worcester’s snow lead is only 5.5 inches over Syracuse and just 5.7 inches over Erie, PA. The last couple of days here in the Syracuse area have been pretty sunny unfortunately or fortunately depending on how much you like or hate snow. Erie on the other hand has been able to pick up a few inches of fresh snow. Luckily for both cities Worcester is quiet as far as snow goes for the time being.

I’m not throwing in the shovel just yet but if I were a betting man I think I would lay the odds right now at:

Erie, PA 2 to 1
Worcester, MA 3 to 1
Syracuse, NY 3 to 1


Just a hunch. Have a Super Week Everyone ;)

Fantasy Snowfall 2013: 3/24 Update

Posted by GSG Fantasy Snowfall on March 24, 2013
Posted in: All US Snow Cities. Tagged: , , , .

It’s crunch time for the March segment of Fantasy Snowfall. Both sides have left a lot of snow on the bench this time.

GSG Fantasy Snowfall 2013 March Update
Pat Steve
102.05 84.55
Starters (Full Credit)
Buffalo, NY 8.4 Anchorage, AK 7.5
Erie, PA 20.9 Cleveland, OH 6.9
Fort Collins, CO 12.6 Madison, WI 11.8
St. Paul, MN 12.8 Minneapolis, MN 13.8
Syracuse, NY 20.2 Rochester, NY 11.6
Total 74.9 Total 51.6
Bench (Half Credit)
Green Bay, WI 8.4 Denver, CO 23.4
Spokane, WA 0.9 Des Moines, IA 7.1
Worcester, MA 30.9 Salt Lake City, UT 2.7
Newark, NJ 8.8 Boston, MA 20.6
Pueblo, CO 5.3 South Bend, IN 12.1
Total 27.15 Total 32.95

Bench production is great in basketball, not so much here. Had either side made one or 2 different choices, this could be a much different race. In fact, Steve would have been better off switching starters and benched cities. Oh, and once again, Pat has a big lead with about a week to go in the month.

We’ll have another update on April first (no joke), which will show the final March results as well as the starters for April, the final month of this year’s contest.

Syracuse and Erie Melting Away Worcester’s Snow Lead

Posted by Patrick on March 23, 2013
Posted in: All US Snow Cities, Worcester MA Snow. Tagged: , , , , , .

Both Syracuse, NY and Erie, PA were able to pick up some snow the last couple of days to melt away a little bit of the lead Worcester, MA has. Syracuse and Erie both finally past the 100 inches of snow totals cutting the snow lead down to just over 8 inches now. Worcester did have over a foot of snowfall more before this last update. Keep in mind that there is probably more snow to add from the overnight to Syracuse and maybe Erie also. I’m loving the fact that this is still a really close snow contest this late in the season and that cold air is still in the forecast :)

Let’s talk hoops for a minute. Massachusetts must have something against me. First ya’s take the lead over Syracuse in the snow race and then one of your teams goes and knocks one of my final picks out of the NCAA Tournament. Cut me a little slack would ya Mass? Yes I’m talking about the good/great win Harvard had over New Mexico. Nothing like shredding one of your brackets on the first day of the tourney :( To be honest it’s pretty much my bad for picking New Mexico to go all the way when I haven’t even seen them play this season. No doubt my new formula that I used on that bracket is getting tossed. At least I had Georgetown on the same bracket playing New Mexico and not on my other bracket which is now my good one if you want to call it that.

That said I had Arizona losing this round so Harvard can’t hurt me on this round. I always cheer for the underdog when I can so even though you trashed on of my brackets, Go Harvard, I’m cheering for ya’s ;)   Good Luck on your brackets everyone!

OK, We did a full update of all of the cities and I’m thinking about cutting that list down quite a bit come the next update. Most likely to around 25 – 30 cities and then I’ll be able to get more full updates in. Keep in mind that right now it takes about 3 hours to get the stats together and post them all. I’ll see how it goes and look for more top 10 updates as the snow falls.

Have an Awesome Weekend Everyone and Let’s Go Orange. Syracuse Orange that is ;)

Erie and Syracuse Battling for Second Snowiest City

Posted by Patrick on March 17, 2013
Posted in: All US Snow Cities. Tagged: , , , , , .

First Off Thank You Philip G. for your donation. All of the donations really do help out a lot so don’t be afraid to click on that donate button :P .

Just did a Full Update – and Sorry about the lack of updates but my grandson who is 4 1/2 months old was in town for a week and well my buddy trumps snow ;) Born in South Carolina but no doubt he will bleed Orange, Syracuse Orange that is :)

Worcester, MA continues to rule the top of the snow mountain with a pretty good lead but don’t count Erie or Syracuse out of this seasons snow contest yet. Both cities are slowly inching their way closer to Worcester’s snow totals and there is still enough cold air around for one of the cities to make a charge.

Even though it didn’t show in the stats there was a quick flip flop for second place. Yesterday Erie, PA slipped past Syracuse, NY by a couple of tenths of an inch to take over the number two spot. Well for a little while anyways. With the last update from the National Weather Service Syracuse was able to take over 2nd place again by just 1 tenth of an inch over Erie. Right now there’s a pretty good snowball fight going on for second place between the two. Snow is in the forecast so the next couple of days will be interesting.

More to come but it’s almost time for the NCAA Brackets. Good Luck!

Fantasy Snowfall 2013: 3/10 Update

Posted by GSG Fantasy Snowfall on March 10, 2013
Posted in: All US Snow Cities. Tagged: , , , .

Time once again for a GSG Fantasy Snowfall Update. The New England area was hit pretty hard with snow in the early going…and neither of us started any of our cities in the region. With about two thirds of the month left, it’s quite possible that it won’t matter in the end. But for now, I’m sure Pat and Steve are kicking themselves for the early miss. On to the stats!

GSG Fantasy Snowfall 2013 March Update
Pat Steve
39.15 38.70
Starters (Full Credit)
Buffalo, NY 4.5 Anchorage, AK 0.5
Erie, PA 4.1 Cleveland, OH 3.1
Fort Collins, CO 1.3 Madison, WI 7.1
St. Paul, MN 8.5 Minneapolis, MN 9.3
Syracuse, NY 3.6 Rochester, NY 3.8
Total 22.0 Total 23.8
Bench (Half Credit)
Green Bay, WI 0.2 Denver, CO 7.4
Spokane, WA 0.9 Des Moines, IA 1.5
Worcester, MA 23.0 Salt Lake City, UT 0.0
Newark, NJ 6.7 Boston, MA 13.1
Pueblo, CO 3.5 South Bend, IN 7.8
Total 17.15 Total 14.90

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before…Pat’s leading in the early going! Though, it’s not by much: less than a half of an inch separates the two sides.

As always, there will be the March recap at the end of the month. Depending on how the snow goes the rest of the way, there may be another update before then.

Until next time everyone, enjoy whatever weather it is you get!

Fantasy Snowfall 2013: February Results

Posted by GSG Fantasy Snowfall on March 2, 2013
Posted in: All US Snow Cities. Tagged: , , , .

Lots to discuss this time, so let’s just get to it! As always, the sleepers are in italics. Stephen used the 2 sleeper option this month, so he has 6 starters for February.

GSG Fantasy Snowfall 2013 February Results
Pat Steve
165.90 174.30
Starters (Full Credit)
Buffalo, NY 20.5 Anchorage, AK 16.5
Erie, PA 26.7 Cleveland, OH 19.8
Syracuse, NY 36.4 Rochester, NY 28.8
Worcester, MA 44.4 Salt Lake City, UT 14.7
Newark, NJ 10.8 Boston, MA 34.0
South Bend, IN 26.7
Total 138.8 Total 140.5
Bench (Half Credit)
Fort Collins, CO 8.9 Denver, CO 14.1
Green Bay, WI 18.9 Des Moines, IA 15.7
Spokane, WA 4.4 Madison, WI 22.7
St. Paul, MN 16.7 Minneapolis, MN 15.1
Pueblo, CO 5.3
Total 27.10 Total 33.80

It was a snow filled month for a lot of cities! Worcester dominated the way with almost 4 feet of snow in February. However, it was not enough for Pat as the bench totals ended up making the difference. 3 of the 20 cities did not reach double digit snowfall, and Pat had all of them. In addition, Steve’s use of the 2 sleepers option worked out well: starting South Bend for February resulted in a gain of 13.35 inches.

We add the January and February results together to find the overall standings so far:

GSG Fantasy Snowfall 2013 Standings
Teams January February March April Total
Pat 80.25 165.90 0.0 0.0 246.15
Steve 84.55 174.30 0.0 0.0 258.85

And Stephen leads by 12.70 at halftime. Now on to the starters for March.

Pat:
Buffalo, NY
Erie, PA
Fort Collins, CO
St. Paul, MN
Syracuse, NY

Pat has some catching up to do, but he might have the line up to do it. This also sets three roster spots for April: Green Bay and the two sleepers Newark and Pueblo. With 2 sleepers starting in April, he’ll have 6 starters, like how Steve did for February. Pat will also have to bench Buffalo, Erie and Syracuse.

Steve:
Anchorage, AK
Cleveland, OH
Madison, WI
Minneapolis, MN
Rochester, NY

In an effort to build the lead, Steve is going with the northern cities for March. Steve is now forced to start Denver, Des Moines and sleeper Boston for April. In addition, Anchorage and Rochester must be benched.

Can Pat make the comeback? Will any city outdo Worcester’s 44.4 showing?

Enjoy your weekend everyone!