WEATHERNATOR FORECASTING CONTEST

Congratulations to the Waggoner Creek Clements A team the 2018 Weathernator Forecasting Contest Champions

Friday Results:  High 43/Low 35/1.17" of rain/Trace of snow

Saturday Results: HIgh 43/Low 37/Trace of rain/NO snow

Wow!  What a wild three weeks of forecasting it was.  You went through eight of of ten days here at home with either a midnight high, a midnight low, or both.  That was followed by an historic nor'easter that brought hurricane force wind gusts to our final forecasting location during the last few days of the contest.  That led to an amazing come from behind win by the Waggoner Creek A team.  They were in eighth place in the standings going into the last few days of the contest.  They were also the only team in those eight to correctly answer the rain and snow questions both Friday and Saturday. 

Shout outs go out to three teams that were almost always near the top...the Fairfield Meerpohl team, the Walnut Hill Hernandez team and the North Desoto Humelsine team.  Actually a big well done goes out to all teams.  Given the number of midnight highs & lows that we had to deal with during the contest, I would give any team that ended with 11pts per day or less an A grade.  All others deserve a B!  

Students hopefully you learned something from our three week weather adventure.  If you enjoyed the contest, please tell your teachers thank you.  They are the ones who gave their time to enable you to participate this year.

For hour by hour observations for Boston click here!

   -Todd Warren

2018 Contest FINAL Standings 
School Name Pts/Day
Waggoner Creek A 7.54
Fairfield Magnet Meerpohl 7.60
Walnut Hill Hernandez 7.60
N. Desoto-Humelsine 7.64
N. Desoto-Burford 7.79
Waggoner Creek B 7.92
N. Boston Middle Keeling A 8.08
Fairfield Magnet Kliebert 8.13
Farifield Magnet Williams Stokes 8.20
N. Desoto-Pierce 8.57
St. James 4th 8.67
Maud Elem 5th B 8.79
Maud Elem 4th B 8.80
N. Desoto-Keith 8.93
Linden Elem Martinez 9.00
St. James 5th B 9.00
Shreve Island Elem 9.00
N. Desoto-Arinder 9.14
Highland Park Cruz 9.15
N. Boston Middle Parson B 9.36
Maud Elem 5th A 9.42
Maud Elem 4th A 9.43
Highland Park McGraw 9.43
St. James 5th A 9.60
Linden Elem McNutt 9.67
N. Boston Middle Keeling B 9.69
St James 6th A 9.77
Highland Park Eddy 10.07
Highland Park Vaughn 10.14
N. Boston Middle Parson A 10.36
N. Desoto-Sebron 10.43
St James 6th B 10.46
Linden Elem Haskins 10.47
Highland Park Montiel 10.57
St. James 5th C 10.67
Highland Park Ford 10.71
N. Desoto-Snider 13.67
N. Desoto-Darden 13.67

FORECASTS FOR DAY 15 

Shreve Island Elem

 46 3 32 5 y y 5
Walnut Hill Hernandez 43 0 37 0 n 5 n
57 NF 14 60 23 100
54 NF 11 62 25 100
50 NF 7 64 27 100
50 NF 7 56 19 100
58 NF 15 59 22 100
57 NF 14 50 13 100
57 NF 0 43 6 4
57 NF 0 64 27 3
58 NF 15 57 20 100
57 NF 14 60 23 100
56 NF 13 62 25 9
57 NF 14 63 26 3
55 NF 12 61 24 100
N. Desoto-Pierce 43 0 33 4 y n 0
N. Desoto-Humelsine 43 0 34 3 y y 5
N. Desoto-Arinder 42 1 32 5 y y 5
N. Desoto-Sebron 46 3 31 6 y y 5
N. Desoto-Keith 42 1 33 4 y n
N. Desoto-Darden 43 nf 0 37 0 0
N. Desoto-Snider 43 nf 0 37 0 0
N. Desoto-Burford 45 2 35 2 n 5 n 0
St. James 4th 45 2 35 2 n 5 n
St. James 5th A 45 2 34 3 y y 5
St. James 5th B 46 3 35 2 n 5 n
St. James 5th C 46 3 32 5 y n
St James 6th A 45 2 34 3 y n
St James 6th B 45 2 35 2 y n
Highland Park Vaughn 43 0 36 1 y n
Highland Park McGraw 44 1 32 5 y n
Highland Park Montiel 45 2 37 0 n 5 n
Highland Park Ford 42 1 33 4 n 5 n
Highland Park Eddy 43 0 34 3 n 5 n
Highland Park Cruz 45 2 36 1 y n
Fairfield Magnet Meerpohl 45 2 34 3 n 5 n
Fairfield Magnet Kliebert 44 1 34 3 n 5 n
Farifield Magnet Williams Stokes 43 0 34 3 n 5 n
Linden Elem Martinez 45 2 36 1 y n
Linden Elem McNutt 46 3 35 2 n 5 n
Linden Elem Haskins 46 3 35 2 n 5 n
Maud Elem 4th A 43 0 33 4 n 5 n
Maud Elem 4th B 43 nf 0 37 0
Maud Elem 5th A 43 0 33 4 n 5 n 5
Maud Elem 5th B 45 2 33 4 y n 5
N. Boston Middle Keeling A 43 nf 0 37 0 0
N. Boston Middle Keeling B 43 nf 0 37 0 0
N. Boston Middle Parson A 43 nf 0 37 0 0
N. Boston Middle Parson B 43 nf 0 37 0 0
Waggoner Creek A 43 0 36 1 y n 0
Waggoner Creek B 43 0 35 2 y y 5
Forecast Model Temperatures 
This Week  Boston, MA 
High Temperatures
EURO RPM GFS NAM NWS
42 ` 46 43 44 42

Daytime Wind: NNE 20-25
Low Temperatures
38 35 36 32 34

Overnight Wind: NNE 20
Chance for Rain/Snow
50%/30% 30%/20% 40%/20% 50%/30% 40%/30%
Hourly Temperatures & Cloud Cover
GFS Model
12a 3a 6a 9a 12p 3p 6p 9p 12a
40 39 38 41 41 40 38 37 37
OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
NAM Model
35 35 35 40 42 40 38 39 37
OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
OV=Cloudy  BK=Mostly Cloudy  SC=Partly Cloudy  FW=Mostly Clear  CL=Clear

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