January 2015 Boards forecast contest

So, hoping to have the Feb contest entry form set up by later tomorrow or Thursday morning, look for the thread ... the bonus questions in case you want to think about them will be to predict the highest max and lowest min on the 14th at all the sites in "yesterday's weather" on the met-E site. Those include all the main stations and the second order ones too (check out the list to see what places are included if you don't already know). For the min, places like Mountdillon, Markree and Moorepark sometimes take the prize. For the max, it's more likely to be one of the better known sites anyway, I would say Valentia, Shannon, Oak Park or Casement are the most likely places although sometimes you see Finner, Sherkin, even Mullingar, and of course Phoenix Park.

It's mainly a test of matching up your choice of pattern for the day with the most likely places to be max or min. There will only be three extra points to be had for these location guesses, most of the points will be for the temperature values.

And if you're thinking ahead to the IMT, the long-term average is 5.2 C.

Sorry to say the form is not yet updated, will wait for that before posting a new thread. Meanwhile the peak gust of 71 knots at 0600h (Mace Head) may have eclipsed the previous mark for January.

IMT came in at 4.8 C (4.84 rounded)

I will await the MS either tomorrow or Tuesday for the other final values.

Confirmed final scoring for January 2015



FORECASTER ____________ IMT_MAX_MIN_PRC_SUN___bonus____TOTALS

_______________________ 4.8_ 16.2_ -6.2_115_124____71 kts

Rikand _________________ 23 _ 17* _ 18 _ 10 _ 07 ____ 09 _____ 84
Bsal ___________________ 18 _ 16* _ 18 _ 13 _ 05 ____ 07 _____ 77
DOCARCH _______________17 _ 18* _ 20 _ 12 _ 03 ____ 05 _____ 75
john mac _______________ 22 _ 08* _ 16 _ 11 _ 07 ____ 09 _____ 73
jd _____________________ 23 _ 12* _ 09 _ 13 _ 06 ____ 09 _____ 72

Con Sensus ______________18 _ 09* _ 16 _ 12 _ 05 ____ 10 _____ 70

sunflower3 ______________ 18 _ 10* _ 16 _ 12 _ 03 ____ 10 _____ 69
joepublic ________________16 _ 14* _ 13 _ 13 _ 05 ____ 08 _____ 69
Harps __________________ 17 _ 16* _ 17 _ 10 _ 05 ____ 04 _____ 69
M.T. Cranium ____________ 25 _ 07* _ 16 _ 03 _ 07 ____ 10 _____ 68
Lumi ___________________ 22 _ 12* _ 17 _ 09 _ 03 ____ 05 _____ 68
Jpmarn _________________ 25 _ 14* _ 00 _ 05 _ 10 ____ 10 _____ 64
kindredspirit _____________ 21 _ 08* _ 13 _ 10 _ 04 ____ 07 _____ 63
Schadenfreudia ___________16 _ 10* _ 07 _ 12 _ 06 ____ 10 _____ 61
lostinashford _____________12 _ 07* _ 14 _ 09 _ 06 ____ 08 _____ 56
rameire _________________ 22 _ 10* _ 00 _ 10 _ 06 ____07 _____ 55
pauldry _________________ 13 _ 07* _ 08 _ 12 _ 05 ____06 _____ 51
mickger844posts _________ 12 _ 10* _ 09 _ 05 _ 08 ____ 06 _____ 50
delw ________ (-5) _______ 24 _ 09* _ 00 _ 13 _ 05 ____02 _53-5=48
Dacogawa _______________22 _ 05* _ 00 _ 10 _ 07 ____ 04 _____ 48
dasa29 _________________ 18 _ 02* _ 09 _ 12 _ 05 ____ 01 _____ 47
blue5000 _______________ 10*_ 07* _ 11 _ 07 _ 01 ____ 09 _____ 45
omicron ________________ 10 _ 05* _ 00 _ 15 _ 03 ____ 08 _____ 41
Tae laidir _______________ 10 _ 07* _ 03 _ 05 _ 03 ____ 05 _____ 33
200motels ______________ 17 _ 05* _ 00 _ 01 _ 01 ____ 06 _____ 30

* minimum progression rule applied (also one IMT score adjusted for new player who probably thought the IMT was daytime temps, please note if you play again, average of night and day actually.)

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Congrats to Rikand, Bsal and DOCARCH for leading the way as we start a new contest year.