May 30th - June 1st Heat Wave Contest - zwyts wins, Trixie/Ian tie for 2nd

[MN Transplant]

I decided to play it low. Whiff.

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if no intrahour jump over 97 zwyts might have come in with a 0 departure today

looks like 98/74

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Standings after Day 2

OHsnow 4

Teaysvalley 5

zwyts 5

Ian 6

Trixie 7

BTR 7

WeatherMA 7

mapgirl 7

ddweatherman 7

5-alarm 8

FX 8

Dave 8

yoda 8

Bethesda 8

astarck 9

mesonistic 9

MNtransplant 10

southmd 12

KMU 13

[Ian]

looks like 98/74

meh.. if it's going to be that hot might as well break the all time.

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meh.. if it's going to be that hot might as well break the all time.

agreed...maybe at 5:52

[OHSnow]

Oh, wow! I'm in the lead. LOL. I'll probably drop tomorrow -- went with a cooler low assuming there would be some heavy thunderstorms in the evening.

[BethesdaWX]

didn't mean to confuse...I thought it was pretty self-explanatory and obvious

Literary Intelligence sometimes isn't a strong point for me

[Ian]

looks like the low was 76... wildcard is rain i suppose

[MN Transplant]

looks like the low was 76... wildcard is rain i suppose

Would be a record if it held, but I doubt it will.

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Would be a record if it held, but I doubt it will.

I should have done overnight lows for the contest.....I will next time

[Ian]

looks like 98/76... rain didnt cool us enough it seems

[BethesdaWX]

I should have done overnight lows for the contest.....I will next time

thankyou, fooked me up royally

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looks like 98/76... rain didnt cool us enough it seems

yes...only fell to 82....I think 76 is safe

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Final Standings

zwyts 9

Ian 12

Trixie 12

Teaysvalley 13

mapgirl 13

ddweatherman 13

OHsnow 14

yoda 14

WeatherMA 15

Dave 15

BTR 16

5-alarm 16

MNtransplant 16

FX 17

astarck 17

southmd 17

Bethesda 18

KMU 18

mesonistic 22

[mappy]

Sweet... I'll take tied for 3rd

[Ian]

congrats z-wyts

[wxmeddler]

I Went low, didn't want to touch the records and busted. For once, a time where someone who forecasted a record verified .

[Ian]

fwiw, i vote against using morning lows.. no real way to verify (6hrs are usually right but not always). just gotta factor in if there's going to be a late-day drop..

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fwiw, i vote against using morning lows.. no real way to verify (6hrs are usually right but not always). just gotta factor in if there's going to be a late-day drop..

it didnt make a difference this time, but it could have....I don't love the idea in the summer of a discrete cell hitting the airport and it dropping to 68.....any heat wave, the last day is usually going to have a cold front...but if I do it again, I will probably do it the same way....whatever the min is, it is....whether it hits in the early morning or not

[mappy]

it didnt make a difference this time, but it could have....I don't love the idea in the summer of a discrete cell hitting the airport and it dropping to 68.....any heat wave, the last day is usually going to have a cold front...but if I do it again, I will probably do it the same way....whatever the min is, it is....whether it hits in the early morning or not

You could always just say the high and low from 12am to 1159pm on that day... that way there is no confusion at all.

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You could always just say the high and low from 12am to 1159pm on that day... that way there is no confusion at all.

that's not a bad idea.....

[mappy]

that's not a bad idea.....

that way if the low is at 5am or 10pm, as long as its between midnight and 1159, there should be no whining about it.

[Ian]

In standard time the day goes till 1a I think? I'm not sure what the confusion would be anyway.. Bethesda is a turd.

[mappy]

In standard time the day goes till 1a I think? I'm not sure what the confusion would be anyway.. Bethesda is a turd.

Yeah I don't know - the forecasting contest I do each semester with my old geog department does it that way. 12am-1159pm, just figured I'd suggest it.

[Ian]

Yeah I don't know - the forecasting contest I do each semester with my old geog department does it that way. 12am-1159pm, just figured I'd suggest it.

i hear ya.. i guess im just thinking the climo reports give us the high/low for a day and that's the high/low for a day.

[BethesdaWX]

Bethesda is a turd.

come on dude, that hurts.....and its so not true

[TUweathermanDD]

Just missed out on 2nd place, but I'll take a tie for third.

[09-10 analogy]

I've done better predicting the day the world ends than I did with this. Oh, well, if you're going to lose, lose big.