The U of A's monsoon forecasting contest is back, and organizers are hoping the rain is too.
Henry Brean The University of Arizona’s monsoon forecasting contest has blown back into town, just in time for the first signs of summer storm activity.
People are also reading… Points are awarded based on the riskiness and accuracy of those predictions. When they launched the competition last year, Guido said, they expected it to mostly attract “weather nerds” like them. Instead, most contestants identified themselves as weather forecasting novices or beginners, he said.
The big winner last year was Emily Stulz, a new social media director at the university who had just moved to Arizona from her native Michigan and had never seen a monsoon before. "The game is a way to channel our excitement," said Crimmins in a written statement."We can't control the monsoon, so this is the closest we can come to a community around our anticipation. If it's wet, we can celebrate, and if it's dry, we can commiserate."Last year, Tucson enjoyed its third-wettest monsoon on record, with 12.79 inches of rain.
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