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As I mentioned before, be prepared in March-April for a new WISCWX site dealing with just Summer Thunderstorm Outlooks. Lead Forecaster Alex Lamers is doing outlook criteria and design and Lead Technician/Secondary Forecaster Jordan Gerth is working on a forecasting program to help us and website design. We hope you enjoy and visit our upcoming webpage.
WISCWX NEWS
WISCWX HEADQUARTERS, KENOSHA, WI
RELEASED 515PM TUE MAR 5 2002

...WISCWX GAINS SOME BRAGGING RIGHTS FOR MEDIUM RANGE (5-10 DAYS) STORM PREDICTION...

6 DAYS BEFORE THE MARCH 1-3 SNOWSTORM OCCURED ACROSS WISCONSIN, WE (WISCWX) WERE BUSY LOOKING AT FORECASTING MODELS. WE WENT WITH A DOWNPLAYED MODEL BECAUSE WE SAW SOMETHING IN THE OTHER MODELS THAT DIDN'T SEEM QUITE RIGHT. NWS WAS FORECASTING LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE REGION AT THE TIME AND 3 DAYS IN ADVANCE WERE ONLY PREDICTING 2-4" OF SNOW. WISCWX ON THE OTHER HAND FORECASTED 5-10" FROM THE BEGINNING 6 DAYS IN ADVANCE.

WE HAVE GAINED CONFIDENCE AND SOME BRAGGING RIGHTS WITH OUR ACCURATE PREDICTION ALMOST A WEEK IN ADVANCE. WE ARE CONTINUING OUR OUTLOOKS FOR WINTER STORMS, AND IF A DANGEROUS SITUATION COMES UP, WE ISSUE A TECHNICAL UPDATE. THE LINK IS ABOVE. THIS IS OUR MAIN OUTLET FOR MEDIUM RANGE PREDICTION. THIS WEBSITE MAY GET A PAGE EXCLUSIVELY FOR MEDIUM RANGE FORECASTS SOON.

THANK YOU, AND TUNE TO WISCWX AND OF COURSE THE NWS, WHO ISSUES THE WARNINGS AND OFFICIAL FORECASTS, WHEN A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS FORECAST.

ALEX LAMERS
lead forecaster

JORDAN GERTH
lead technician