Golden Snowball Challenge standings
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Reader Derek Schille has taken a stab at a logo for News Cut's Golden Snowball Challenge.
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The measured snowfall in St. Paul is 2.25." MPR's Paul Huttner came closest with a 2" prediction.
Here are the results of this leg of the challenge.
| Meteorologist | Prediction |
Points |
| Paul Huttner | 2" |
9 |
| National Weather Service | 2" |
9 |
| Chikage Windler (KSTP) | 3" |
0 |
| Mike Fairbourne (WCCO) | 3" |
0 |
| Jonathan Yuhas (KARE) | 1.5" |
0 |
| Ian Leonard (KMSP) | 4" |
-8 |
Because every meteorologist isn't involved in each "leg" of the challenge (it's based on predictions at the time a storm starts), we'll use average of point totals to determine rank.
Here's what we've got so far:
| Meteorologist | Storms |
Points |
Average |
| Patrick Hammer (KSTP) | 1 |
10 |
10 |
| Paul Huttner | 2 |
17 |
8.5 |
| National Weather Service | 2 |
4 |
2 |
| Chikage Windler (KSTP) | 1 |
0 |
0 |
| Mike Fairbourne (WCCO) | 1 |
0 |
0 |
| Jonathan Yuhas (KARE) | 1 |
0 |
0 |
| Mike Augustyniak (WCCO | 1 |
-5 |
-5 |
| Keith Marler (KMSP) | 1 |
-5 |
-5 |
| Don Moldenhauer (BMTN) | 1 |
-5 |
-5 |
| Ian Leonard (KMSP) | 1 |
-8 |
-8 |
| Paul Douglas (MinnPost) | 1 |
-8 |
-8 |
Meanwhile, we've found out there is already a Golden Snowball Award. It's given to the city in upstate New York that accumulates the most snow. If the organizers there find out what we're up to, we're prepared to rename it the Golden Potato Chip Challenge.
