August 2011 Boards forecast contest

snowstreams

IMT 15.4..... MAX 25..... MIN 3.8..... PRC 115..... SUN 105..... MAX31 21

kindredspirit

14.9 ..... 23.0 ..... 6.00 ..... 120 ..... 90 ..... 19.5

MiNdGaM3

14.1 ..... 23.9 ..... 1.9 ..... 135 ..... 88 ..... 17.6

waterways

15.3 ..... 24.9 ..... 3.6 ..... 125 ..... 95 ..... 20.0

Speak Now

14.2 ..... 24.5 ..... 2.3 ..... 90 ..... 90 ..... 18.0

M.T. Cranium

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.

SeaFields

IMT 15.1..... MAX 27.5..... MIN 4.5..... PRC 70..... SUN 100..... MAX31 17

nilhg

14.8 ..... 24.9 ..... 5.6 ..... 109 ..... 109 ..... 17.9

Sponge Bob

14.9....24.8...3.8....88....101....18.9

Danno

IMT 15.0..... MAX 24.1..... MIN 2.2..... PRC 140..... SUN 85..... MAX31 17.9

DOCARCH

14.9c ..... 26.2c ..... 3.9c ..... 110% ..... 98% ..... 23.4c

M.T. Cranium

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)

Tae laidir

14.4 ..... 23.1 ..... 4.7 ..... 91 ..... 103 ..... 16.2

Thank you for the day,
The endless day....

jambofc

14.4 ..... 26.5 ..... 5.7 ..... 110 ..... 95 ..... 16.9

Blizzard 2010

Below Average:D

pauldry

low for the month so far 5.7 mullingar

thetonynator

IMT 14.2 up to the 7th, which is quite a bit cooler than would be expected for the first week of August.

M.T. Cranium

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.

pauldry

IMT 14.6c for August

thetonynator

Summary for first two weeks: (not guaranteed to be entirely factually accurate :P ), just in case M.T. is enjoying his holiday too much to stop by . . . :cool:


IMT 14.7 so far, which is 0.54 above normal for the first two weeks.

Rainfall averaged 112% of normal for the stations used in the summary (knock airport didnt update as a % of average so it's not exact) bringing it to 91% for the first two weeks.

Sunshine was quite low again at 64%, making it 61% for the first two weeks.

M.T. Cranium

Thanks tony, I checked here first ... and to keep my holiday theme alive I have not been looking at weather or forecasts unless it is related to my holiday plans. We had a nice time in the nearby mountains (family reunion) for the past week and now it's on to the desert southwest and hopefully some great scenery, storm photography and relaxation. Hot down there of course but not quite as hot in higher elevations where we plan to be (southern Utah). Flying down later, back in a week. Thanks SC, I see you are posting (didn't peek, honest).

If we save our pennies perhaps next year's holiday will be Ireland (mass exodus to Med). :cool:

Su Campu

Howya MT, enjoy the rest of your holiday!!

Lowest temperature of 3.9C at Mullingar this morning.

thetonynator

thetonynator wrote: »

Summary for first two weeks: (not guaranteed to be entirely factually accurate :P ), just in case M.T. is enjoying his holiday too much to stop by . . . :cool:


IMT 14.7 so far, which is 0.54 above normal for the first two weeks.

Rainfall averaged 112% of normal for the stations used in the summary (knock airport didnt update as a % of average so it's not exact) bringing it to 91% for the first two weeks.

Sunshine was quite low again at 64%, making it 61% for the first two weeks.

IMT of 13.1 for the past week,bringing it to 14.2 for the month so far.

Rainfall 63% for the week bringing it to 82% for the month so far.

Sunshine 117% for the week, making an average of 80% for the month to now.

Min i think of 3.7 recorded at mullingar (or was it 3.9?) no idea of the max!

Edit: Min is 3.9 in Mullingar on the 17th.

pauldry

think max was 22.7 but cant be sure

thetonynator

Does phoenix park count for the max?

If so, 4th was 23.6 for the max.

If not i think it was oak park at 22.5 on the same day.

pauldry

dunno

hope this warm spell at end of month settles it higher:)

M.T. Cranium

Thanks everyone for posting the updates. Just back from holiday (have some storm and scenery pix for posting later), will need a day or two to get up to speed as I really did manage to ignore all weather away from Nevada and Utah for the past week. Yesterday as we killed off the day between surrendering the car and boarding the plane for home, it was a rather toasty 43 C (110 F) in Las Vegas NV which set a new daily record for them. Spent most of the day in A/C inside but brief excursions outside were met with blast furnace type heat in the sun. I find that if you're outside in the shade though it actually feels a lot cooler than 43 C more like 35 C, must be the very low humidity. The morning "lows" in that kind of heat are about 28 C and so it's a very pleasant summer day on the way to breakfast.

About the question of what counts as highest temperature, I had this issue come up before with Phoenix Park and decided that I would go with the value listed in the met.ie Monthly Summary, whatever they decide, we use. That gives them a chance to do quality control and assess the values. Last winter they used Phoenix Park in one case and ignored it in another case, so I just don't know yet.

As you say, there could be a slightly higher max yet anyway. Looks like it has been cool and dry there for most of the past ten days.

pauldry

In what has been a very cool Summer it looks like the max of 22.5c for August will be the final disputed figure so MT you better check with Met Eireann

15 to 18 or 19c the highest temperatures promised until Sept 1st now

M.T. Cranium

Just thinking about the September contest, any suggestions for a bonus question? I hope to post the contest later today or Saturday at the latest.

NIALL D

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

Just thinking about the September contest, any suggestions for a bonus question? I hope to post the contest later today or Saturday at the latest.

max temp on the 4th , all ireland hurling final day between tipperary and kilkenny !!

or would that be too early in the month ?

o tipp are goin to win also :)