The National Collegiate Weather Forecasting Contest, or NCWFC, was a yearly competition among colleges and Universities in the US run by

Penn State #Redirect Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a Public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related Land-grant university, land-grant research university with ca ...

. There were over 1000 participants from about 45 institutions. In 2006, the competition was transferred to the

University of Oklahoma The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a Public university, public research university in Norman, Oklahoma, United States. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two territories became the ...

and run as the WxChallenge.

Organization

Entrants in the contest must be affiliated with a college or university, but they range in age and knowledge from

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. Each year, 13 cities are picked for forecasting; the current city changes every 2 weeks. Contestants forecast 4 days per week for the following day's high

temperature Temperature is a physical quantity that quantitatively expresses the attribute of hotness or coldness. Temperature is measurement, measured with a thermometer. It reflects the average kinetic energy of the vibrating and colliding atoms making ...

(in

Fahrenheit The Fahrenheit scale () is a scale of temperature, temperature scale based on one proposed in 1724 by the German-Polish physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736). It uses the degree Fahrenheit (symbol: °F) as the unit. Several accou ...

), low temperature, and

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(forecast by category). The precipitation categories are: *0 -- no precipitation or trace *1 -- trace - 0.05", liquid water equivalent, inclusive *2 -- 0.06-0.24", inclusive *3 -- 0.25-0.49", inclusive *4 -- 0.50-0.99", inclusive *5 -- >=1.00" One "error" point is given for each degree of error on temperature, and 4 error points are given for each error in precipitation category.

Winners

*2001-2005:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of moder ...

*2006:

San Jose State University San José State University (San Jose State or SJSU) is a Public university, public research university in San Jose, California. Established in 1857, SJSU is the List of oldest schools in California, oldest public university on the West Coast of ...

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External links

Official WxChallenge Website
Meteorology competitions

Organization

Winners

See also

References

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