Since we are not eligible for the final tournament this year, I figure we have our own in-house one. The top 16 forecasters from the METRO will vie for the best METRO forecaster title. The last forecast period (KTOP), which is slated for the WX challenge tournament, will be our tournament time as well. You can call it April Metro Madness. We are able to put in forecasts for this period so I will run our tournament on the side. The rules will be the same as the WX Challenge Tournament with the exception that 1st and 2nd rounds will consist of 2 forecasting days per round. The semifinals and final will consist of 4 forecasting days. For example, Round 1: Day 1-2, Round 2: Day 3-4, Semifinals: Day 5-8, and Final: Day 9-12.
April MSCD WX Madness Tournament
MSCD WX Challenge Tournament Rules
The rules for the April Metro Madness tournament are as follows:
* You may participate in the forecasting even if you are not in the tournament, or you have been eliminated. Your forecasts will still be scored and you will be able to see your results on the standard results pages.
* The entire tournament will take 3 weeks instead of 2 weeks. Thus, there will be 12 days of forecasting instead of 8.
* Each "round" consists of forecasting (as normal) for two consecutive days with the exception of the semifinal and final rounds which are 4 days in each round.
* Forecasts will be made on Monday/Tuesday and Thursday/Friday. There will be no forecasts on Wednesday, as it will be used to determine the winners before the next round in the 1st two rounds and a rest day thereafter.
* The forecaster with the lower combined (2-day or 4-day) score advances to the next round.
* If the forecaster with the lower score has entered fewer "human forecasts" (i.e. took guidance, missed a forecast, or took persistence) than their opponent, then they do not advance to the next round.
* In case of a tie, please see Tie Breaker Rules.
* Each round, scores are reset to 0 for all forecasters. However, on the standard results pages, the scores will continue to accrue as normal.
Tie Breaker Rules
In the case of a tie, the following rules will be applied in the following
order:
* The forecaster with the lower Day 2 or Day 4 score advances.
* The forecaster with the lower combined precipitation score advances.
* The forecaster with the lower combined wind speed score advances.
* The forecaster with the lower combined total score for the tournament advances.
* The forecaster with the lower seed advances.
Selection Criteria
The seeding will be based on your cumulative score on the WXChallenge results page.
I hope this will make it interesting for the rest of the semester.
Buoyantly Yours,
Doc Ng
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