Post by kgriffin on Aug 23, 2013 18:06:58 GMT
The WxChallenge schedule for this year looks interesting...it's still the same "typical" pattern of station types (e.g. first city is a potential hurricane landfall, others include a mountain city, a plains city, etc.), but with some interesting twists. Most notably, a return to Alaska (Fairbanks) in mid-February and a new take on verification for Norman (city 4 in the fall) with the use of a station in the Oklahoma Mesonet (see www.mesonet.org for all the stations).
If Alaska goes well this time (it's been scheduled previously, but been yanked), that would open up the door for at least some other non-CONUS sites in the future.
If Norman goes well, that would open up a whole realm of stations in mesonets - I'm thinking most notably West Texas, Oklahoma, and Iowa, but I know many other states are growing their networks as well. Could make for a real interesting day, as you sit there and watch obs come in every 5 minutes or so!
Anything else others are looking forward to this year?
If Alaska goes well this time (it's been scheduled previously, but been yanked), that would open up the door for at least some other non-CONUS sites in the future.
If Norman goes well, that would open up a whole realm of stations in mesonets - I'm thinking most notably West Texas, Oklahoma, and Iowa, but I know many other states are growing their networks as well. Could make for a real interesting day, as you sit there and watch obs come in every 5 minutes or so!
Anything else others are looking forward to this year?
