FALL 2003                                                 Through:  12/10/03

                      RANKING OF FORECASTERS BY PERIOD
  * FINAL *
                              VERSUS  CONSENSUS

             (Forecasters need 70% of total forecasts to be ranked.)
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                    12-HOUR                            24-HOUR   

          *ENCON*       55   19.90           *ENCON*       55   18.45
          LANDIN        66   15.71           LANDIN        66   13.47
          LANDSMAN      67    9.66           LABATE        66    7.93
          ERICKSON      61    5.01           PADOVANI      67    3.39
          CONSENSUS     67    0.00           DOODY         65    1.27
          TAMAS         63   -0.04           DIB           61    1.02
          PADOVANI      67   -1.19           GOLLEGLY      67    1.00
          PHILLIPS      63   -1.98           CONSENSUS     67    0.00
          BAKKE         60   -2.00           BOYD          65   -0.48
          GOLLEGLY      67   -2.83           ROMAINE       65   -0.96
          MARGARIT      58   -3.14           LEFKOWITZ     56   -1.95
          WSFO ALBANY   67   -3.32           LANDSMAN      67   -2.37
          KERWATH       66   -3.36           KERWATH       66   -2.58
          JENKINS       65   -3.75           ELLIOTT       66   -3.81
          DeLAURENTIS   50   -4.05           KRISS         61   -4.02
          LEFKOWITZ     56   -5.16           EVANS         67   -4.81
          DIB           61   -5.25           ERICKSON      61   -5.17
          LEFEVRE       47   -6.82           SUTKEVICH     64   -5.44
          CORCORAN      66   -6.91           BAKKE         60   -5.59
          KRISS         61   -8.64           JENKINS       65   -6.07
          FEINBERG      55   -8.81           SNEDEKER      66   -6.35
          SAUER         58   -9.92           QUADRINI      67   -6.40
          BARTLESON     50  -10.04           GELDARD       57   -6.42
          SHEI          53  -10.13           CORCORAN      66   -6.88
          ELLIOTT       66  -10.48           NUSS          66   -6.94
          DELLO         58  -11.43           TAMAS         63   -7.15
          SNEDEKER      66  -11.59           DeLAURENTIS   50   -7.22
          ROSS          47  -11.96           MARGARIT      58   -7.27
          NUSS          66  -12.57           SAUER         58   -7.64
          EVANS         67  -13.18           PHILLIPS      63   -7.93
          GELDARD       57  -13.24           DELLO         58   -8.36
          FIELDS        55  -14.12           * A V N *     67   -9.23
          OSSIBOFF      55  -14.24           BEGEAL        65   -9.72
          ROMAINE       65  -14.50           HERB          67   -9.82
          LABATE        66  -14.59           WSFO ALBANY   67  -10.59
          QUADRINI      67  -15.75           LEFEVRE       47  -11.14
          BOYD          65  -17.55           FIELDS        55  -11.57
          HERB          67  -17.65           FEINBERG      55  -11.76
          DOODY         65  -17.76           ROSS          47  -12.07
          NAGY          67  -20.68           MROCZKA       65  -12.49
          MACK          66  -21.24           BARTLESON     50  -12.57
          DWYER         64  -21.51           OSSIBOFF      55  -12.62
          CANALE        65  -22.56           DWYER         64  -13.14
          IPPOLITI      65  -23.85           IPPOLITI      65  -13.26
          * E T A *     67  -24.38           NAGY          67  -13.98
          BEGEAL        65  -25.43           MACK          66  -15.99
          MROCZKA       65  -26.51           JARVIS        64  -16.85
          * A V N *     67  -26.89           CANALE        65  -18.06
          SPADARO       48  -30.27           * E T A *     67  -18.95
          JARVIS        64  -31.23           SHEI          53  -21.88
          SUTKEVICH     64  -32.58           NEISWENDER    47  -27.93
          NEISWENDER    47  -36.88           SPADARO       48  -28.46
          CLIMATOLOGY   67 -177.76           CLIMATOLOGY   67 -189.70


                    36-HOUR                            48-HOUR   

          PHILLIPS      63    2.80           LANDIN        66    7.49
          CONSENSUS     67    0.00           KERWATH       66    2.49
          LABATE        66   -0.40           BAKKE         60    0.99
          TAMAS         63   -1.56           CONSENSUS     67    0.00
          GOLLEGLY      67   -2.12           NUSS          66   -0.48
          LANDIN        66   -4.03           GOLLEGLY      67   -0.49
          *ENCON*       55   -4.28           GELDARD       57   -1.13
          ERICKSON      61   -5.05           WSFO ALBANY   67   -1.38
          PADOVANI      67   -5.09           LEFKOWITZ     56   -1.91
          ELLIOTT       66   -5.17           PADOVANI      67   -2.19
          SAUER         58   -5.86           LEFEVRE       47   -2.27
          ROSS          47   -6.29           PHILLIPS      63   -2.78
          DELLO         58   -6.63           DWYER         64   -3.28
          LANDSMAN      67   -6.92           ERICKSON      61   -3.38
          FIELDS        55   -7.32           JENKINS       65   -3.53
          DIB           61   -7.42           DIB           61   -3.59
          WSFO ALBANY   67   -7.64           SAUER         58   -4.82
          MARGARIT      58   -7.65           LABATE        66   -5.19
          IPPOLITI      65   -7.71           *ENCON*       55   -5.42
          GELDARD       57   -7.95           DELLO         58   -6.61
          DeLAURENTIS   50   -8.54           BEGEAL        65   -6.78
          SNEDEKER      66   -9.03           DOODY         65   -6.79
          KRISS         61  -10.42           NAGY          67   -6.86
          BEGEAL        65  -10.56           EVANS         67   -6.98
          OSSIBOFF      55  -10.60           * A V N *     67   -7.00
          LEFEVRE       47  -10.64           MARGARIT      58   -7.25
          NUSS          66  -10.71           SPADARO       48   -7.30
          NAGY          67  -11.17           QUADRINI      67   -7.30
          CANALE        65  -11.68           SUTKEVICH     64   -7.41
          KERWATH       66  -11.71           MROCZKA       65   -7.70
          CORCORAN      66  -12.05           LANDSMAN      67   -7.79
          BOYD          65  -12.34           TAMAS         63   -7.94
          BAKKE         60  -12.64           SHEI          53   -8.26
          JENKINS       65  -12.95           BOYD          65   -8.46
          SUTKEVICH     64  -13.31           ROMAINE       65   -9.07
          DOODY         65  -13.34           SNEDEKER      66   -9.14
          FEINBERG      55  -13.92           IPPOLITI      65   -9.22
          QUADRINI      67  -14.43           ELLIOTT       66   -9.44
          LEFKOWITZ     56  -15.06           OSSIBOFF      55   -9.71
          EVANS         67  -15.39           MACK          66  -10.93
          DWYER         64  -15.74           BARTLESON     50  -11.58
          ROMAINE       65  -16.24           DeLAURENTIS   50  -12.64
          BARTLESON     50  -16.75           CANALE        65  -14.05
          SHEI          53  -16.83           HERB          67  -14.09
          MACK          66  -18.44           CORCORAN      66  -14.13
          * A V N *     67  -19.04           FIELDS        55  -15.18
          HERB          67  -19.18           KRISS         61  -15.40
          NEISWENDER    47  -19.36           FEINBERG      55  -16.20
          MROCZKA       65  -21.38           JARVIS        64  -16.56
          SPADARO       48  -22.35           NEISWENDER    47  -22.57
          JARVIS        64  -30.77           ROSS          47  -22.71
          * E T A *     67  -33.93           * E T A *     67  -46.01
          CLIMATOLOGY   67 -121.29           CLIMATOLOGY   67 -140.03

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