PAOC weather forecasting team wins second place in the
WxChallenge competition

PAOC's weather forecasting team won second place in the national collegiate weather forecasting competition, WxChallenge, run by the University of Oklahoma.

The challenge runs for twenty weeks, covering five (5) two-week forecast periods each semester, with a team prize awarded at the end of the year.  More than 50 US colleges compete during the year long contest. 

Our team has ranked first seven times in the past nine years. Last year we were edged out by Mississippi State. Congratulations to MSU!

Nevertheless, all members of our team performed well, with 13 of our forecasters ranked in the top 100, out of over 1000 participants. 

Vince Agard  was first and Anastasia Maheras was third in the freshman-sophomore category.

5 forecasters received trophies for top forecasting honors at individual cities in their respective categories.

This year's team included 12 undergraduates, 5 graduates and 2 staff members - see below.

Congratulations to the entire team for another good performance. See final scores.

2008-2009 Team
Staff:
Lodovica Illari, PAOC -  illari@mit.edu
Jeff Scott, PAOC - jscott@mit.edu
Grad students:
Cegeon Chan, PAOC
Garrett Marino, PAOC
Gabi Melo, EAPS
Brian Tang, PAOC
Angela Zalucha, PAOC
Undergrads:
J.Vincent Agard – sophomore, course 12
Sarah Baumgardner - senior, course 12
Emily Davidson - junior, course 10
Brian Doyle - senior, course 10
Stefan Gimmillaro – sophomore, course 12
Roman Kowch - freshman
Yi-Hsin Lin – senior, course 18
Anastasia Maheras – sophomore, course 12
Elizabeth Maroon - junior, course 12
Erin Munsell – senior, course 12
Anna Simon - junior, course 20
Shin Nee Wong - freshman