Some one-day holidays that occur during the work week may be used as an eligible day. Please see Scoring of Forecasts for more details. Forecasts may be completed during Thanksgiving Break and Spring Break with approval of the game chairperson. The Alternate City Game is run in the same manner as the Lowell Game, except another observing station is used. The city is changed every three weeks, starting on a Monday.
Eligible days are the same as the Lowell Forecasting Game.
One forecast in the game consists of a three day forecast for the Lowell area. To enter your forecast, log into either computer and type FCT at your VAX prompt. You will access the forecasting game program. Enter the station ID for the specific game you would like to make a forecast. Any other characters or mistakes will cause delays in processing results.