There are 4 ways to make a forecast:

1. Forecast the max, min and precip yourself.
2. Don't forecast. If you fail to enter a forecast, you will be assigned today's weather as your forecast for tomorrow. This is called "persistence". It counts as an absence for attendance purposes.
3. Tell someone else what your forecast will be, and let him/her enter it for you. This is legal. Letting someone else make up a forecast for you is illegal, and grounds for an F.
4. Take guidance (explained below). This also counts as an absence, but is usually better than no forecast at all for scoring purposes.

To enter a forecast, you would click on the "Enter NCWFC Forecast" link on the ATMO 203 home page. If you do that, you will get a screen that looks like this.

Here are the basics: The first line asks for your forecast name. This is your "nom de guerre", up to six letters long, entered in lower case letters only.

The next line requests your social security number. This is to ensure that your forecast is secure. Any tampering of forecasts is also grounds for an F. Enter your social security number without any dashes or spaces.

Then, you click in the appropriate box to select a type of forecast (usually, "numerical"). Then type your max and min numbers into the space provided. Use the pulldown menu for your precip forecast.

Finally, go down to a button that says "Submit forecast" and click on it. If everything has been typed correctly, you'll get a message saying your forecast was successfully entered. Otherwise, you'll get an error message. It's your responsibility to check the message to make sure your forecast was entered properly.