Reno-Lake Tahoe AMS Student Chapter
Fantasy Weather League
The 2007-08 Fantasy Weather League season has completed. The winner was J.D. McAlpine who received $40 worth of merchandise from Sky-Fire Productions. Second place went to Phillip Marzette who received a set of three NWA cloud charts. Congratulations to the winners and thanks to everyone who participated.
Final Standings
| Team McAlpine | 3989 |
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| Team Marzette | 3041 |
| Team King | 2522 |
| Team Joyce | 1618 |
| Team Paredes | 1362 |
Team Rosters
| 1. Team Joyce 1. Tampa, FL 2. Anchorage, AK 3. New York, NY 4. Honolulu, HI 5. Seattle, WA |
2. Team King 1. Portland, OR 2. Milwaukee, WI 3. Flagstaff, AZ 4. Juneau, AK 5. Charleston, SC |
3. Team Marzette 1. Buffalo, NY 2. Lake Charles, LA 3. Tucson, AZ 4. Cheyenne, WY 5. Jackson, KY |
4. Team Paredes 1. Missoula, MT 2. Sterling, VA 3. Phoenix, AZ 4. Denver, CO 5. Boise, ID |
5. Team McAlpine 1. Des Moines, IA 2. Burlington, VT 3. Grand Rapids, MI 4. El Paso, TX 5. Grand Forks, ND |
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The Fantasy Weather League is an activity organized by the Reno-Lake Tahoe AMS Student Chapter. Teams draft five weather observing stations drawn from a pool of National Weather Service Forecast Offices. The draft order is determined by an inital random draw and alternating order for odd and even rounds (e.g. the team which selects first in the first round will select last in the second round and first in the third, etc.). Verification is performed with the preliminary climate data provided by each local forecast office and storm reports provided by the website of the Storm Prediction Center.
The scoring system is given below. In general, one and ten point scores can be accumulated each time a given event occurs, while 25 and 100 point scores are bonuses which can only be collected once per station per category. Scores are cumulative, so events exceeding higher thresholds will also score all of the points for the lower ones. Streaks must be separable to be counted twice. All values are given in English units. The scoring period begins at midnight, 1 December 2007 and end at midnight, 1 May 2008 (to allow for award presentation at the May chapter meeting).
The scoring system is given below. In general, one and ten point scores can be accumulated each time a given event occurs, while 25 and 100 point scores are bonuses which can only be collected once per station per category. Scores are cumulative, so events exceeding higher thresholds will also score all of the points for the lower ones. Streaks must be separable to be counted twice. All values are given in English units. The scoring period begins at midnight, 1 December 2007 and end at midnight, 1 May 2008 (to allow for award presentation at the May chapter meeting).
| Temperature | |
|---|---|
| Maximum > 80 | 1 |
| Minimum < 0 | 1 |
| Maximum > 90 | 10 |
| Minimum < -15 | 10 |
| Maximum > 100 | 100 |
| Minimum < -30 | 100 |
| 15 days maximum > 80 | 10 |
| 15 days minimum < 0 | 10 |
| 30 days maximum > 80 | 100 |
| 30 days maximum < 0 | 100 |
| Precipitation | |
| > 0.25 inches | 1 |
| > 1 inch | 10 |
| > 3 inches (storm total) | 100 |
| 15 days w/o precip | 10 |
| 30 days w/o precip | 100 |
| Snowfall | |
| > 1 inch | 1 |
| > 6 inches (storm total) | 10 |
| > 18 inches (storm total) | 100 |
| white Christmas | 25 |
| Wind | |
| daily average > 15 mph | 10 |
| daily average > 25 mph | 100 |
| maximum gust > 50 mph | 10 |
| maximum gust > 75 mph | 100 |
| Weather | |
| dense fog | 1 |
| ice pellets | 10 |
| hail | 10 |
| freezing rain | 10 |
| dust/sandstorm | 10 |
| blowing snow | 10 |
| Severe Weather | |
| nonfatal tornado in CWA | each report - 1 |
| > 2-inch hail in CWA | each report - 1 |
| nonfatal tornado < 25 miles | 100 |
| > 2-inch hail < 25 miles | 100 |
Any questions regarding the current rules or suggestions regarding future rules should be directed to the commissioner.
