Boards forecast contest April 2016

Jpmarn

rameire wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057591018

Link to May for all the people like me.

In addition I see according to met.ie yesterday's weather Malin head reached a temp of 103.0 yesterday.

Have a look in Agriculture Data on met.ie. It shows Malin Head having an average temperature of 12.8c and all other stations having averages of between 5 and 8c for the last 7 days.

M.T. Cranium

No sign of that being fixed yet, still shows as 103 in the daily data option.

Is today a bank holiday in Ireland? Would delay the MS by one day if so, was thinking it would appear tomorrow otherwise. Can also see that so far the error for Malin Head has crept into the monthly data for April, does not affect the IMT however. Perhaps it was 103, somebody had a barbeque a bit too close to the Stevenson screen?

This raises an interesting question that must have cropped up in operational history of WMO member states, what happens if a firestorm over-runs a weather station? One could imagine this happening in western parts of North America or the Iberian peninsula or Australia. Do they go with any recorded temperatures or substitute local air mass temperatures?

sryanbruen

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

No sign of that being fixed yet, still shows as 103 in the daily data option.

Is today a bank holiday in Ireland? Would delay the MS by one day if so, was thinking it would appear tomorrow otherwise. Can also see that so far the error for Malin Head has crept into the monthly data for April, does not affect the IMT however. Perhaps it was 103, somebody had a barbeque a bit too close to the Stevenson screen?

This raises an interesting question that must have cropped up in operational history of WMO member states, what happens if a firestorm over-runs a weather station? One could imagine this happening in western parts of North America or the Iberian peninsula or Australia. Do they go with any recorded temperatures or substitute local air mass temperatures?

Yes it is a bank holiday MT.

Tae laidir

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

This raises an interesting question that must have cropped up in operational history of WMO member states, what happens if a firestorm over-runs a weather station? One could imagine this happening in western parts of North America or the Iberian peninsula or Australia. Do they go with any recorded temperatures or substitute local air mass temperatures?

More likely that weather station under water in flood here!

M.T. Cranium

Provisional scoring for April 2016

Since Monday was a bank holiday, I think it may be Wednesday afternoon before I can get some official numbers, so I will post a provisional scoring table without putting the scores in order yet.

FORECASTER ___________ IMT_MAX_MIN_PRC_SUN__ Bonus ____ TOTAL

Estimated values _______ 7.2_18.5_-3.3 _105_ 105 ____ 10.1


Rikand ________________07 _ 05 _ 18 _ 13 _ 07 ____ 04 _____ 54
Sunflower3_____________07 _ 08 _ 00 _ 14 _ 09 ____ 05 _____ 43
Dacogawa _____________ 09 _ 00 _ 11 _ 15 _ 08 ____ 07 _____ 50
John mac ______________10 _ 00 _ 12 _ 12 _ 08 ____ 02 _____ 44
Kindred Spirit __________ 10 _ 15 _ 07 _ 13 _ 09 ____ 04 _____ 58
waterways_____________ 10 _ 18 _ 14 _ 11 _ 07 ____ 06 _____ 66

Norma L ______________ 11 _ 00 _ 18 _ 13 _ 09 ____ 06 _____ 57

Rameire __ (-1) ________ 12 _ 20 _ 12 _ 12 _ 08 ____ 09 __ 73-1=72
Bsal __________________13 _ 10 _ 12 _ 10 _ 09 ____ 06 _____ 60
JD ___________________ 14 _ 18 _ 12 _ 12 _ 08 ____ 07 _____ 71
Dasa29 _______________ 15 _ 00 _ 12 _ 13 _ 08 ____ 05 _____ 53
Tae laidir ______________16 _ 00 _ 05 _ 09 _ 09 ____ 07 _____ 46
Lumi _________________ 16 _ 00 _ 16 _ 14 _ 09 ____ 04 _____ 59

Con Sensus ____________ 16 _ 11 _ 14 _ 14 _ 09 ____ 06 _____ 70

MrSkinner _____________ 16 _ 04 _ 18 _ 10 _ 09 ____ 01 _____ 58
DOCARCH _____________ 16 _ 08 _ 18 _ 11 _ 10 ____ 08 _____ 71
lostinashford ___________ 16 _ 17 _ 14 _ 15 _ 08 ____ 08 _____ 78
sryanbruen ____________ 17 _ 13 _ 20 _ 14 _ 08 ____ 04 _____ 76
Schadenfreudia _________ 17 _ 16 _ 10 _ 10 _ 07 ____ 05 _____ 65
M.T. Cranium ___________18 _ 02 _ 18 _ 12 _ 07 ____ 09 _____ 66
200motels _____________ 20 _ 01 _ 15 _ 14 _ 08 ____ 03 _____ 61
Joe Public ____ (-3) _____ 20 _ 14 _ 14 _ 10 _ 07 ____ 10 _ 75-3=72
Pauldry _______________ 22 _ 11 _ 18 _ 14 _ 09 ____ 06 _____ 80
Mickger844posts ________23 _ 04 _ 13 _ 12 _ 06 ____ 10 _____ 68
Jpmarn _______________ 23 _ 14 _ 12 _ 08 _ 08 ____ 10 _____ 75
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Watch for either a new final table or a confirmation of this table on Wednesday, may be too late to edit this one by then. However I will repost it anyway if confirmed, in the correct scoring order.

M.T. Cranium

Well, I notice that the 103 reading at Malin Head now appears correctly as 10.3, and the monthly mean dropped three degrees in the monthly data for April.

The above table will be reposted with any corrections necessary, tomorrow around 1800h (it could be earlier but MS appears in middle of the night in my time zone).

Jpmarn

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

Table of forecasts for April, 2016


FORECASTER ___________ IMT _ MAX _ MIN _ PRC _ SUN __ Shannon 10th


Rikand ________________9.0 _ 20.0 _ -3.5 _ 100 _ 120 ____ 14.0
Sunflower3_____________9.0 _ 17.3 _ -1.2 _ 107 _ 099 ____ 13.5
Dacogawa _____________ 8.8 _ 21.0 _ -2.4 _ 104 _ 096 ____ 12.9
John mac ______________8.7 _ 22.3 _ -2.5 _ 115 _ 097 ____ 15.2
Kindred Spirit __________ 8.7 _ 19.0 _ -2.0 _ 100 _ 100 ____ 14.0
waterways_____________ 8.7 _ 18.3 _ -2.7 _ 118 _ 088 ____ 13.0

Norma L ______________ 8.6 _ 21.0 _ -3.5 _ 100 _ 100 ____ 13.0

Rameire __ (-1) ________ 8.5 _ 18.5 _ -2.5 _ 115 _ 095 ____ 12.5
Bsal __________________8.4 _ 17.5 _ -2.5 _ 120 _ 098 ____ 13.0
JD ___________________ 8.3 _ 18.3 _ -2.5 _ 113 _ 093 ____ 12.9
Dasa29 _______________ 8.2 _ 21.0 _ -2.5 _ 110 _ 095 ____ 13.5
Tae laidir ______________8.1 _ 21.8 _ -1.8 _ 123 _ 100 ____ 12.8
Lumi _________________ 8.1 _ 21.4 _ -2.9 _ 101 _ 100 ____ 13.7

Con Sensus ____________ 8.1 _ 19.4 _ -2.7 _ 108 _ 098 ____ 13.0

MrSkinner _____________ 8.1 _ 20.1 _ -3.1 _ 121 _ 111 ____ 16.1
DOCARCH _____________ 8.1 _ 19.7 _ -3.1 _ 092 _ 105 ____ 12.7
lostinashford ___________8.1 _ 18.8 _ -2.7 _ 104 _ 114 ____ 12.6
sryanbruen ____________ 8.0 _ 19.2 _ -3.3 _ 108 _ 097 ____ 14.0
Schadenfreudia _________8.0 _ 18.1 _ -4.3 _ 120 _ 120 ____ 13.1
M.T. Cranium __________ 7.9 _ 20.3 _ -3.5 _ 115 _ 090 ____ 12.0
200motels _____________7.7 _ 20.4 _ -2.8 _ 107 _ 096 ____ 14.2
Joe Public ____ (-3) _____ 7.7 _ 17.9 _ -3.9 _ 119 _ 090 ____ 11.9
Pauldry _______________ 7.5 _ 19.4 _ -3.1 _ 108 _ 098 ____ 13.0
Mickger844posts ________7.4 _ 20.1 _ -2.6 _ 115 _ 087 ____ 11.4
Jpmarn _______________ 7.4 _ 17.9 _ -2.5 _ 125 _ 095 ____ 10.9
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23 forecasts, will add any later ones and adjust Con Sensus.

Our group consensus seems to indicate a rather cool month with near normal rain and sunshine although with a slight tendency to the wet and cloudy side.

For convienience I reposted your table of guess so you don't have to go back a number of pages to compare with the scores you got from M.T.

M.T. Cranium

Hey, so all is in order with the provisional scoring table meaning the MS confirms my estimates ...

IMT 7.2, MAX 18.5, MIN -3.3, PRC 105, SUN 105 (and bonus 10.1)

Just checking the scores again and will repost the table in correct order, then move on to the annual update.

M.T. Cranium

Confirmed scoring for April 2016

FORECASTER ___________ IMT_MAX_MIN_PRC_SUN__ Bonus ____ TOTAL

Actual values __________ 7.2_18.5_-3.3 _105_ 105 __ 10.1

Pauldry _______________ 22 _ 11 _ 18 _ 14 _ 09 ____ 06 _____ 80
lostinashford ___________ 16 _ 17 _ 14 _ 15 _ 08 ____ 08 _____ 78
sryanbruen ____________ 17 _ 13 _ 20 _ 14 _ 08 ____ 04 _____ 76
Jpmarn _______________ 23 _ 14 _ 12 _ 08 _ 08 ____ 10 _____ 75
Rameire __ (-1) ________ 12 _ 20 _ 12 _ 12 _ 08 ____ 09 _ 73-1=72
Joe Public ____ (-3) _____ 20 _ 14 _ 14 _ 10 _ 07 ____ 10 _ 75-3=72
JD ___________________ 14 _ 18 _ 12 _ 12 _ 08 ____ 07 _____ 71
DOCARCH _____________ 16 _ 08 _ 18 _ 11 _ 10 ____ 08 _____ 71

Con Sensus ____________16 _ 11 _ 14 _ 14 _ 09 ____ 06 _____ 70

Mickger844posts ________ 23 _ 04 _ 13 _ 12 _ 06 ____ 10 _____ 68
M.T. Cranium ___________18 _ 02 _ 18 _ 12 _ 07 ____ 09 _____ 66
waterways_____________ 10 _ 18 _ 14 _ 11 _ 07 ____ 06 _____ 66
Schadenfreudia _________ 17 _ 16 _ 10 _ 10 _ 07 ____ 05 _____ 65
200motels _____________ 20 _ 01 _ 15 _ 14 _ 08 ____ 03 _____ 61
Bsal __________________ 13 _ 10 _ 12 _ 10 _ 09 ____ 06 _____ 60
Lumi _________________ 16 _ 00 _ 16 _ 14 _ 09 ____ 04 _____ 59
Kindred Spirit __________ 10 _ 15 _ 07 _ 13 _ 09 ____ 04 _____ 58
MrSkinner _____________ 16 _ 04 _ 18 _ 10 _ 09 ____ 01 _____ 58

Norma L ______________ 11 _ 00 _ 18 _ 13 _ 09 ____ 06 _____ 57

Rikand ________________07 _ 05 _ 18 _ 13 _ 07 ____ 04 _____ 54
Dasa29 _______________ 15 _ 00 _ 12 _ 13 _ 08 ____ 05 _____ 53
Dacogawa _____________ 09 _ 00 _ 11 _ 15 _ 08 ____ 07 _____ 50
Tae laidir ______________16 _ 00 _ 05 _ 09 _ 09 ____ 07 _____ 46
John mac ______________10 _ 00 _ 12 _ 12 _ 08 ____ 02 _____ 44
Sunflower3_____________07 _ 08 _ 00 _ 14 _ 09 ____ 05 _____ 43

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Congrats to Pauldry for high score of 80 in April, silver to Lostinashford and bronze to sryanbruen, JPmarn close. In general not a bad month for scoring, annual scoring update to follow soon I hope.

M.T. Cranium

Annual scoring for 2016


___ FORECASTER __________ Jan _ Feb _ Mar _ Apr __ TOTAL ____ best 3 of 4
rank/
01 mickger844posts ________ 78 _ 63 _ 89 _ 68 ___ 298 _______ 235 (2)

02 Con Sensus ____________ 73 _ 75 _ 77 _ 70 ____ 295 _______ 225 (4)

02 Lumi __________________71 _ 72 _ 89 _ 59 ____ 291 _______ 232 (3)
03 Tae laidir ______________ 86 _ 76 _ 76 _ 46 ____ 284 _______ 238 (1)
04 lostinashford ___________ 69 _ 66 _ 63 _ 78 ____ 276 _______ 213 (7t)
05 waterways _____________ 75 _ 75 _ 58 _ 66 ____ 274 _______ 216 (6)
06 MrSkinner ______________83 _ 66 _ 64 _ 58 ____ 271 _______ 213 (7t)
06 Rameire _______________ 69 _ 60 _ 70 _ 72 ____ 271 _______ 211 (9)
08 Sunflower3 _____________72 _ 71 _ 81 _ 43 ____ 267 _______ 224 (4)
09 Schadenfreudia _________ 65 _ 72 _ 58 _ 65 ____ 260 _______ 202 (12t)
10 Bsal __________________ 65 _ 66 _ 66 _ 60 ____ 257 _______ 197 (17t)
11 M.T. Cranium ___________46 _ 62 _ 78 _ 66 ____ 252 _______ 206 (10)
12 Rikand ________________ 67 _ 76 _ 54 _ 54 ____ 251 _______ 197 (17t)
13 JD____________________ 69 _ 77 _ 32 _ 71 ____ 249 _______ 217 (5)
13 Dacogawa _____________ 52 _ 58 _ 89 _ 50 ____ 249 _______ 199 (15t)
13 200motels _____________ 46 _ 68 _ 74 _ 61 ____ 249 _______ 203 (11)
16 DOCARCH _____________ 53 _ 62 _ 61 _ 71 ____ 247 _______ 194 (19)
16 Pauldry________________ 53 _ 69 _ 45 _ 80 ____ 247 _______ 202 (12t)
18 Jpmarn ________________64 _ 60 _ 47 _ 75 ____ 246 _______ 199 (15t)
19 Dasa29 ________________66 _ 58 _ 67 _ 53 ____ 244 _______ 191 (20t)

19 Norma L _______________52 _ 65 _ 70 _ 57 ____ 244 _______ 192 (20)

20 Joe Public ______________28 _ 63 _ 65 _ 72 ____ 228 _______ 200 (14)
21 Sryanbruen ____________ 27 _ 63 _ 52 _ 76 ____ 218 _______ 191 (20t)
22 john mac ______________ 72 _ 57 _ 36 _ 44 ____ 209 _______ 173 (23)
23 omicron _______________ 76 _ 43 _ 72 _ --- ____ 191 _______ 191 (20t)
24 kindredspirit ____________ -- _ 35 _ 65 _ 58 ____ 158 _______ 158 (24)

25 Timmyboy ______________-- _ 53 _ --- _ --- _____ 53
26 Elmer Blooker ___________ -- _ -- _ 51 _ --- _____ 51
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So, only one (mickger844posts) has managed to stay ahead of Con Sensus but the chase pack is tightly bunched. I have listed your best three totals to begin the comparisons that really count, so some will find they are not as far back as the total score makes it appear perhaps. Ranks in brackets for those best three of four totals.