The Ashes 2009 Weather Forecasting Competition

[J10]

Well done to Stargazer winning the 4th Test with his late entry, no more Mr Nice Guy from me any more,

Overall daveshug leads the Total competition and the average score competition, but it is still very close with one test to come.

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5th Test details

at the Oval, from 20-24th August

Weather Centre again, the London Weather Centre.

[Midland Red]

Well done stargazer, all to play for going into the last test.

[Methuselah]

Congrats stargazer...

[Stargazer]

Congrats stargazer...

Thanks - I'll be posting my carefully considered prognostication (for that read random guess) later

[J10]

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5th Test details

at the Oval, from 20-24th August

Weather Centre again, the London Weather Centre.

Time to bump this up ahead of the Final Test starting on Thursday

[Derp Patrol]

Wednesday - 30C

Thursday - 25C

Friday - 24C

Saturday - 23C

Sunday - 24C

[Methuselah]

Here goes with my guessing:

Thursday 24

Friday 23

Saturday 24

Sunday 26

Monday 24

240 minutes lost to inclement weather...

[Derp Patrol]

Wednesday - 30C

Thursday - 25C

Friday - 24C

Saturday - 23C

Sunday - 24C

Woops, for some reason I thought it started today..

Thursday - 25C

Friday - 24C

Saturday - 23C

Sunday - 25C

Monday - 25C

0 minutes lost (Can't see there being any rain as it has not rained down here for quite a while now)

[Paul]

Video forecast for the final test is now online:

[nwlink=http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=ashes;type=forecast;sess=]Forecast for the Oval[/nwlink]

[chionomaniac]

And here's my final go

Thurs 24ºC

Fri 20ºc

Sat 22ºC

Sun 25ºC

Mon 22ºC

120 mins lost

Thanks

c

[davehsug]

Looking to hold on!

Thursday 24c

Friday 22c

Saturday 23c

Sunday 23c

Monday 21c

Time lost 235 minutes

Dave

[Mark H]

Here is my punt,

Thurs, 25c

fri, 22c

sat, 23c

sun, 24c

mon, 23c

time lost, 100 mins.

cheers,Mark.

[Stargazer]

Here goes...

Thurs, 25c

fri, 22c

sat, 24c

sun, 23c

mon, 21c

Time lost: none.

[J10]

Thurs, 24c

fri, 21c

sat, 22c

sun, 23c

mon, 23c

time lost, 70 mins.

[Midland Red]

The Oval Test.

Day 1 - 23C

Day 2 - 21C

Day 3 - 24C

Day 4 - 24C

Day 5 - 23C

time lost - 205 mins,

cheers Russ.

(Good luck everyone, thanks for running it Jackone.)

[J10]

The results are finally in for the Test Comp

Temps Day 1 =23c

Temps Day 2 =21c

Temps Day 3 =23c

Temps Day 4 =28c

Temps Day 5 =25c

Time Lost 53 minutes (all on Day 2 12.57 to 1.00 and then 1.40 to 2.30pm)

JACKONE won the 5th Test.

The overall winner for the series was Daveshug.

Koppite did best in the Temps part of the Competition, with Daveshug again winning the Lost Play part.

In the average comp, JACKONE won overall and the Lost play part, while TOMSE20 won the temps element.

[Midland Red]

Well done guys, thanks to JACKONE for running it.