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Caz
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Wednesday, June 26, 2019 1:55:37 PM


All this talk of over-complicated systems is doin' my head in!
It's a CET prediction competion. Whoever gets closest to the value wins. There shouldn't be layer upon layer of compexity about it. KISS!


Originally Posted by: Col 


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Caz
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Wednesday, June 26, 2019 2:34:10 PM


 


Looking good for my prediction of 14.4C but are we expecting a downgrade this month?


Originally Posted by: Col 

Not looking good for my 15.5c guess, but what’s new?  


With regard to month end adjustment, I haven’t a clue!  What’s new?  


But I think we’re due a projection from GW.  He’ll know!   


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ARTzeman
Wednesday, June 26, 2019 3:03:04 PM

More like 14.7c with little downgrade.






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Dingle Rob
Wednesday, June 26, 2019 3:11:36 PM


All this talk of over-complicated systems is doin' my head in!
It's a CET prediction competion. Whoever gets closest to the value wins. There shouldn't be layer upon layer of compexity about it. KISS!


Originally Posted by: Col 


Tend to agree. Just need a couple of wildly fluctuating months to get unpredictability and uncertainty back on track.


R

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Wednesday, June 26, 2019 3:13:30 PM


 


Tend to agree. Just need a couple of wildly fluctuating months to get unpredictability and uncertainty back on track.


R


Originally Posted by: Dingle Rob 


 


Me too. I can see the reasoning behind the suggested changes but there are also years where we have many months with significant anomalies. For these years, you could argue that the new proposed system is biased towards people who take random extreme guesses. I think we should keep it simple.


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Caz
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Wednesday, June 26, 2019 3:27:31 PM


Me too. I can see the reasoning behind the suggested changes but there are also years where we have many months with significant anomalies. For these years, you could argue that the new proposed system is biased towards people who take random extreme guesses. I think we should keep it simple.


Originally Posted by: GezM 

Ahh, now that was my first thought but it wouldn’t favour wild guesses if bonuses were awarded incrementally.  Although on the other hand, I suppose anyone taking an extreme guess is also taking an extreme risk of being wildly wrong. 


I’m happy with what we’ve got now but I’d also be happy with any changes GW proposes.  It’s worth everyone expressing their thoughts about this.  More heads are better and we all have a stake in the game!  


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Dingle Rob
Wednesday, June 26, 2019 5:46:56 PM


Ahh, now that was my first thought but it wouldn’t favour wild guesses if bonuses were awarded incrementally.  Although on the other hand, I suppose anyone taking an extreme guess is also taking an extreme risk of being wildly wrong. 


I’m happy with what we’ve got now but I’d also be happy with any changes GW proposes.  It’s worth everyone expressing their thoughts about this.  More heads are better and we all have a stake in the game!  


Originally Posted by: Caz 


 


Could always run a Beta test of a new format over the last 4 months of the year, in parallel to the main comp, and see what people think.


R

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Wednesday, June 26, 2019 5:57:31 PM


 


Could always run a Beta test of a new format over the last 4 months of the year, in parallel to the main comp, and see what people think.


R


Originally Posted by: Dingle Rob 

  Good idea.  I hadn’t thought of that but somehow, I think GW might already have.  


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Stormchaser
Wednesday, June 26, 2019 8:49:54 PM

If the bonus for correctly estimating a month that's 2*C from the LTA is a 0.3*C reduction, then one wrong call could easily cost you a great deal more than that bonus.


I think that's the key here for something that works well; small, yet still appreciable bonuses.



I'd be astounded if there was anyone who could reliably anticipate extremely anomalous months and so 'abuse' this system.


Just my two cents


 


. . . . . . .


As for the current CET situation - seems like there's a 3, maybe even 4*C range in the possible CET returns, depending on whether it's sunny as expected and if so, how much the flow off the North Sea is modified by surface heating.


For this reason I've not bothered doing any rough CET estimates; it'll be what it'll be. Not feeling very positive about the likely final CET though. I imagine that even if Friday was widely mid-high 20s and Sunday high 20s to low 30s, that'd still not be enough to get the CET to the 15.0*C mark (which incidentally would be just over halfway along the range of estimations for this month; midpoint is 14.9*C).



I can't help but feel horribly cheated by this unusually strong ridge formation. From researching, it looks like I can blame the exceptionally high Arctic Heights for that - something that I'd expected to be toned down a bit by now but no, it's raging on! Astounding, really.


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ARTzeman
Thursday, June 27, 2019 11:37:56 AM

Met Office Hadley          13.9c       Anomaly      -0.1c  Provisional to 26th.


Metcheck                       14.0c       Anomaly      -0.15c


Netweather                    14.44c     Anomaly       0.35c


Mean of my 10 stations   14.41c   Difference      -0.92c. 






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Global Warming
Thursday, June 27, 2019 5:24:55 PM


Not looking good for my 15.5c guess, but what’s new?  


With regard to month end adjustment, I haven’t a clue!  What’s new?  


But I think we’re due a projection from GW.  He’ll know!   


Originally Posted by: Caz 


CET tracker trending lower and lower every day. Today is actually going to be slightly below average would you believe.


Saturday will be very hot but one day does not a month make.


So at present my CET estimate for the whole of June is just 14.15C. As of the 26th it was standing at 13.58C.

Global Warming
Thursday, June 27, 2019 5:28:08 PM

Please note I am about to go away on holiday so there will be a long delay in publishing the June data and competition results.


I will post the July CET thread later this evening.

Jerry P
Thursday, June 27, 2019 6:10:40 PM
It's been pointed out in the MO thread that July could be autumnal or major heatwave and I would agree at this point. I think it's more likely we'll get a wide range of estimates for July so If GW doesn't have time/inclination to put a bonus system in place this month then perhaps it can wait 😀
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Caz
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Thursday, June 27, 2019 7:14:35 PM


 


CET tracker trending lower and lower every day. Today is actually going to be slightly below average would you believe.


Saturday will be very hot but one day does not a month make.


So at present my CET estimate for the whole of June is just 14.15C. As of the 26th it was standing at 13.58C.


Originally Posted by: Global Warming 

Thanks GW!  Not good for my guess but hey-ho!  


Have a lovely holiday. We can wait for results!  


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Thursday, June 27, 2019 7:16:57 PM

It's been pointed out in the MO thread that July could be autumnal or major heatwave and I would agree at this point. I think it's more likely we'll get a wide range of estimates for July so If GW doesn't have time/inclination to put a bonus system in place this month then perhaps it can wait 😀

Originally Posted by: Jerry P 

 It’ll be a wild guess from me as usual!  


I think GW was considering making the changes for next year!  


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Stormchaser
Friday, June 28, 2019 9:46:54 AM

Just 14.15*C during an El Nino June with a +QBO and predominantly warmer than average SSTs around much of the UK .


I struggle to find much historical precedent for that.


So I think that settles it; either you get lucky or you don't. Simple as that!


 


In light of which, I find myself thinking that I've had so much poor luck lately that surely the tide must turn soon?


That feels like the logic of a gambling addict, except this is much less serious because there's nothing real at at stake.


 


Now, what on Earth to put down for July...! 


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ARTzeman
Friday, June 28, 2019 9:54:21 AM

Met Office Hadley         14.1c      Anomaly      -0.0c  Provisional to 27th.


Metcheck                      14.03c    Anomaly      -0.12c


Netweather                   14.57c    Anomaly      0.42c.


mean of my 10 stations 14.55c. Difference -0.78c.     






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ARTzeman
Saturday, June 29, 2019 9:58:36 AM

Met Office Hadley    14.2c.    Anomaly    0.1c. Provisional to 28th.


Metcheck                 14.15c   Anomaly   -0.00c


Netweather              14.6c     Anomaly   0.51c


Mean of my 10 stations 14.76c  Difference  -0.57c.           






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Gusty
Saturday, June 29, 2019 10:17:35 AM


Met Office Hadley    14.2c.    Anomaly    0.1c. Provisional to 28th.


Metcheck                 14.15c   Anomaly   -0.00c


Netweather              14.6c     Anomaly   0.51c


Mean of my 10 stations 14.76c  Difference  -0.57c.           


Originally Posted by: ARTzeman 


Any chance of a CET rise of 1c today to rescue my campaign ? .


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ARTzeman
Saturday, June 29, 2019 10:21:55 AM


 


Any chance of a CET rise of 1c today to rescue my campaign ? .


Originally Posted by: Gusty 

Hopeful of 15.2 but adjustments will be a downfall.






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Darren S
Saturday, June 29, 2019 10:26:30 AM


 


Any chance of a CET rise of 1c today to rescue my campaign ? .


Originally Posted by: Gusty 


We need a CET of about 43C for today I think. 


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ARTzeman
Sunday, June 30, 2019 9:56:02 AM

Met Office Hadley     14.4c      Anomaly      0.3c. Provisional to 29th.


Metcheck                  14.41c      Anomaly      0.26c


Netweather               14.04c      Anomaly      0.75c


Mean of my 10 stations 14.90c.  Anomaly   0.43c.   






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Caz
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Sunday, June 30, 2019 1:05:18 PM


Met Office Hadley     14.04c      Anomaly      0.3c. Provisional to 29th.


Metcheck                  14.41c      Anomaly      0.26c


Netweather               14.04c      Anomaly      0.75c


Mean of my 10 stations 14.90c.  Anomaly   0.43c.   


Originally Posted by: ARTzeman 

Art, I suspect there may be a rogue 0 in the MetO figure!  


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ARTzeman
Monday, July 1, 2019 10:00:08 AM

End Temperatures for June 2019


Metcheck           14.50c.      Anomaly     0.35c


Netweather        14.96c       Anomaly     0.87c


Mean of my 10 stations  14.98c   Difference  0.35c. Using a 6- Year Average of 15.33.        






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