Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Summer Contest 2012

It's finally here.  The summer contest of 2012 and we have some fantastic prizes to give away including a professional home weather station.  It was a prize in the winter contest, but nobody won it.  All entries this year MUST be in by 9 PM Tuesday, May 29th.

The summer contest will officially start June 1st and go through August 31st (meteorological summer).  Once again, we will play using the "Price Is Right" rules.  You must be the closest WITHOUT going over.

We will have 2 contests this year.  Please email all entries to weather@katv.com.  
If directions are not followed, I will have to disqualify you from that particular contest so please read carefully!

Contest #1...

Guess the TOTAL combined number of 100 degree plus days for Ft. Smith, Pine Bluff, Little Rock, and Jonesboro from June 1st to August 31st.

You must also send in a tiebreaker for contest #1.  Guess the total amount of rain at the Little Rock airport for the same time period to the nearest hundredth of an inch. (for example: 15.12'' )

Prize package:  A professional, home weather station made by La Crosse Technologies which measures temperature, humidity, air pressure, wind and rainfall.

  • Wireless weather station measures temperature, humidity, air pressure, wind and rain
  • Wall-mounted or free-standing base; LCD display with 8 levels of contrast and 15-second LED backlight
  • Thermo-hygro sensor transmits outdoor data from up to 330 feet from base; attached wind and rain sensors
  • Alarm clock function; requires separate purchase of 5 AA batteries
  • Base measures 4-3/4 inches wide by 1-1/5 inches deep by 6-9/10 inches tall;
You will also win a gray, Arkansas Weather Geek t-shirt compliments of the WeatherNinja
www.arkansasweathergeeks.com

You will also win 4 tickets to the Golden Corral location in North Little Rock

And you will win an Arkansas Weather Blog t-shirt.

Erich Hopkins takes a blog shirt to the highest point in Arkansas during a snowstorm of February 2010.

Contest #2...

Guess the average seasonal temperature for the summer of 2012 for Little Rock to the nearest hundredth of a degree starting June 1st to August 31st.  For example: 82.39 degrees.

Prize package:  One year free subscription to weathertap.com.  The app, RadarScope for your smart phone, 4 tickets to the Golden Corral, and an Arkansas Weather Blog t-shirt.

You will also win a gray Arkansas Weather Geek t-shirt compliments of the WeatherNinja
www.arkansasweathergeeks.com


www.weathertap.com
www.basevelocity.com

1 comment:

Jason H said...

Just got my entry in! I miss Winter bad already...what little bit of it we had anyway.

This HOT/DRY speel is going to take a big change starting around the 31st-2nd. Get ready for some late season below avg temps and some much needed rainfall for the state of Arkansas!

Jason B Hampton

The NEW Arkansas Weather Blog