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24-02-2012, 21:09   #1
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March 2012 Boards forecast contest

1. Predict the IMT, an average of five selected stations, which has averaged 6.9 C for the 30-yr period just ended in 2010.

2. Predict the highest daily maximum at any reporting (met.ie) station.

3. Predict the lowest daily minimum at any reporting (met.ie) station.

4. Predict the monthly precip as a percentage of normal (for 11 reporting stations in met.ie Monthly Summary)

5. Predict the monthly sunshine as a percentage of normal (for 6 reporting stations in met.ie Monthly Summary)

6. Bonus -- Predict the sunshine hours for Shannon on the 17th (0.0 to 11.5h to nearest 0.1h).

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IMT ..... MAX ..... MIN .... PRC ..... SUN ..... sun-17

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Deadlines for entry ... you have until the end of the day on Thurs 1st of March, to enter without penalty. The actual deadline is set at 0300h on Friday 2nd. Then until 0300h Saturday 3rd, the penalty applies to scores over 60, while on Saturday 3rd last-minute entries are accepted with penalty for scores over 50.
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24-02-2012, 22:16   #2
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IMT - 7.1C

Highest daily max - 18.5C

Lowest daily min - minus 6.1C

4. Predict the monthly precip as a percentage of normal: 90%

5. Predict the monthly sunshine as a percentage of normal: 90%

6. Bonus - 6 hours
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IMT - 7.3C

Highest daily max - 20.2C

Lowest daily min - minus 2.3C

4. Predict the monthly precip as a percentage of normal: 116%

5. Predict the monthly sunshine as a percentage of normal: 83%

6. Bonus - 2.4 hours
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24-02-2012, 22:25   #4
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8.1 ..... 18.2 ..... -3 ....106 ..... 94 .....4.9
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MT - 6.2

Highest daily max - 17

Lowest daily min - -4.5

4. Predict the monthly precip as a percentage of normal: 110%

5. Predict the monthly sunshine as a percentage of normal: 95%

6. Bonus - 2 hours
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IMT 6.3 MAX 17.9 MIN -3.2 PRC 95% SUN 105% 4hrs
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IMT 6.4 MAX 18.1 MIN -4.2 PRC 90% SUN 110% 3.5hrs
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IMT 7.9 ..... MAX 16.5 ..... MIN -4.0 .... PRC 91 ..... SUN 110 ..... sun-17 10 hours
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25-02-2012, 20:05   #11
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TEMPLATE

IMT ..... MAX ..... MIN .... PRC ..... SUN ..... sun-17
6.3 ..... 16.7 ..... -3.1 .... 140 ..... 110 ..... 0.9
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6.4 ..... 17.0 ..... -4.2 .... 095 ..... 110 ..... 2.0
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IMT ..6.8... MAX ..16.9... MIN ..-2.4.. PRC ..89%... SUN ..79%... sun-17...4.5

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