August 2011 Boards forecast contest

Just a reminder, no late penalty applied this month for entries on the 2nd, and this means anyone who already entered has the right to edit their forecasts through today (Tuesday) ... the deadline will be 0300h Wed, after which regular entrants could use the "late late" option for the rest of the 3rd.

Table of entries will be available around 0400h Wednesday.

August forecast contest entries

FORECASTER ...... IMT ..... MAX ..... MIN ..... PRC ..... SUN ..... MAX-31st
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Rebelbrowser .... 15.5 ..... 25.3 ..... 6.5 ..... 088 ..... 116 ..... 19.7
Joe Public ........ 15.5 ..... 27.9 ..... 5.5 ..... 129 ..... 089 ..... 21.9
snowstreams .... 15.4 ..... 25.0 ..... 3.8 ..... 115 ..... 105 ..... 21.0
waterways ....... 15.3 ..... 24.9 ..... 3.6 ..... 125 ..... 095 ..... 20.0
harr ................ 15.3 ..... 23.5 ..... 4.5 ..... 112 ..... 092 ..... 19.0
talkabout ......... 15.3 ..... 29.3 ..... 4.2 ..... 105 ..... 100 ..... 19.2
M.T. Cranium .... 15.3 ..... 24.5 ..... 4.0 ..... 120 ..... 080 ..... 18.8
okla ................ 15.2 ..... 28.5 ..... 5.3 ..... 112 ..... 105 ..... 22.5
redsunset ........ 15.2 ..... 26.5 ..... 5.0 ..... 150 ..... 100 ..... 20.0
SeaFields ......... 15.1 ..... 27.5 ..... 4.5 ..... 070 ..... 100 ..... 17.0
4Sheets ........... 15.1 ..... 25.0 ..... 6.0 ..... 095 ..... 100 ..... 18.0
jd ................... 15.1 ..... 26.8 ..... 5.3 ..... 106 ..... 092 ..... 19.8
Danno ............. 15.0 ..... 24.1 ..... 2.2 ..... 140 ..... 085 ..... 17.9
cherryghost ..... 15.0 ..... 26.5 ..... 4.7 ..... 110 ..... 095 ..... 19.0
hellboy99 ......... 15.0 ..... 25.7 ..... 4.3 ..... 105 ..... 092 ..... 21.3
Fionagus .......... 15.0 ..... 24.2 ..... 3.9 ..... 103 ..... 085 ..... 20.1
dacogawa ........ 15.0 ..... 26.5 ..... 4.6 ..... 112 ..... 090 ..... 21.7
thetonynator .... 15.0 ..... 23.9 ..... 2.4 ..... 090 ..... 095 ..... 22.6
DOCARCH ......... 14.9 ..... 26.2 ..... 3.9 ..... 110 ..... 098 ..... 23.4
Sponge Bob ...... 14.9 ..... 24.8 ..... 3.8 ..... 088 ..... 101 ..... 18.9
kindredspirit ...... 14.9 ..... 23.0 ..... 6.0 ..... 120 ..... 090 ..... 19.5

Con Sensus ...... 14.9 ..... 24.9 ..... 4.3 ..... 110 ..... 093 ..... 19.7

traecy1 ........... 14.9 ..... 24.2 ..... 3.8 ..... 115 ..... 090 ..... 19.7
200motels ........ 14.9 ..... 26.5 ..... 4.2 ..... 141 ..... 086 ......19.4
fizzycyst .......... 14.9 ..... 24.7 ..... 5.0 ..... 090 ..... 110 ..... 22.5
Mickger844posts. 14.9 ..... 24.7 ..... 4.6 ..... 118 ..... 085 ..... 22.4
rameire ............ 14.9 ..... 25.2 ..... 3.6 ..... 095 ..... 092 ..... 14.2
homolumo ........ 14.9 ..... 24.8 ..... 4.3 ..... 110 ..... 085 ..... 23.8
John mac ......... 14.8 ..... 25.1 ..... 4.5 ..... 110 ..... 100 ..... 19.8
nilhg ............... 14.8 ..... 24.9 ..... 5.6 ..... 109 ..... 109 ..... 17.9
harps .............. 14.8 ..... 26.1 ..... 6.1 ..... 115 ..... 095 ..... 18.8
Su Campu ........ 14.7 ..... 26.0 ..... 5.8 ..... 100 ..... 080 ..... 19.5
Strasser .......... 14.7 ..... 23.2 ..... 5.1 ..... 092 ..... 098 ..... 19.3
TheInquisitor .... 14.7 ..... 28.3 ..... 3.2 ..... 137 ..... 095 ..... 22.0
H2UMrsRobinson. 14.7 ..... 25.5 ..... 6.6 ..... 110 ..... 098 ..... 23.5
DeepEasterly .... 14.6 ..... 24.9 ..... 3.7 ..... 110 ..... 090 ..... 19.3
dasa29 ............ 14.5 ..... 24.5 ..... 3.0 ..... 100 ..... 090 ..... 26.0
Tae laidir ......... 14.4 ..... 23.1 ..... 4.7 ..... 091 ..... 103 ..... 16.2
jambofc** ....... 14.4 ..... 26.5 ..... 5.7 ..... 110 ..... 095 ..... 16.9
pauldry ............ 14.3 ..... 24.4 ..... 3.1 ..... 100 ..... 085 ..... 17.3
Jerry Seinfeld .... 14.2 ..... 24.5 ..... 2.3 ..... 090 ..... 090 ..... 18.0
ch750536 ......... 14.2 ..... 24.6 ..... 3.2 ..... 106 ..... 093 ..... 18.7
MiNdGaM3 ........ 14.1 ..... 23.9 ..... 1.9 ..... 135 ..... 088 ..... 17.6

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Table may be updated for late late entries (you're on time until 0300)

Summary for first seven days ... as tony said, IMT on 14.2 which is 0.5 below whatever normals are being used over at the ag report. The CET for the same period has been running around 17.5 which is an unusually large gradient between the two statistics, usually it's more like 1 to 1.5 deg in the summer and tends to flatten out to near zero on average in other seasons (often a bit milder in Ireland in winter).

Rainfall averaged 70% of normal for the stations used in the summary, and sunshine was quite low at 58% (Cork was down around 20%). I gather from the stats that 7-8 hours of sunshine a day is normal at this time of year.

This continues the trend established in July of having all three measures below normal (cool, dry, cloudy) although when it's cool and cloudy the below normal rainfall can seem near normal as the ground requires less of a soaking to maintain the water table.

Although I'm leaving soon for about three weeks of away time and such, I think my one or two days between segments of this roaming fall conveniently around the 15th and the 22nd so I may be able to pop in and update the weekly segments even if I'm otherwise out of the loop. Should be back in time to post a September forecast thread anyway.