April 2011 Boards forecast contest

M.T. Cranium · 27-03-2011 8:03pm #1

The usual five questions, followed by a bonus:

(1) Predict the "IMT" (Irish mean temp) in deg C ... long-term avg 7.9 C.

(2) Predict the highest temperature of the month as reported in the Monthly Summary.

(3) Predict the lowest temperature of the month as reported in the Monthly Summary.

(4) Predict the average rainfall (precip) as percentage of normal as per the graphs in the Monthly Summary.

(5) Predict the total sunshine as percentage of normal as per the graphs in the Monthly Summary.

(6) Looking way ahead to Easter Sunday (24th) predict the rainfall in mm for Mullingar (liquid equivalent in case of snow).

Template that can be used if you wish to help ...

IMT ..... MAX ..... MIN ..... PRC ..... SUN ..... MUL

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Note the rules for entry, you have to the end of Friday 1st of April to enter without penalty. Entries in at that time cannot be edited. Entries made on Sat 2nd are penalized 10% of points above 60 (min score 60). Entries considered "late-late" on Sunday 3rd are allowed on the basis of one per year per contestant, must be an entrant in a previous month, and penalty is 20% of points above 55 (min score 55). No second "late-late" entries allowed per calendar year. No further entries accepted after that. Dates are calendar with one hour grace period (e.g. Friday 1st ends 0100 summer time 2nd).

Note also the rules for qualifying stats have been edited to make the met.ie publication the sole source of accepted stats -- they do the quality control, I do the looking up. Makes my life that little bit easier.