To all of those folks who signed up, thanks for participating in the FreshAJ Resume contest.  We had a great turnout and I’m writing today to share the results with you.  But before I do…let’s recap to our readers what the contest was all about.

The participants had to forecast the max and min temperatures (2) days in advance for Ann Arbor, MI municipal airport and Portland, OR Int’l airport.  The contest date was for Feb 18th.   I picked Feb 18th to make it a little challenging for our participants  because both cities had  cloud cover and timing of fronts to deal with.   And I have to say I was quite impressed with the results.  Nobody was off by more than 10 degrees for each city and it was pretty darn close.

So let’s get to our results.  Here’s what was observed for Portland, OR and Ann Arbor, MI per the NWS airport observations for each respective city over the 24 hour period.

Portland, OR:  

Max: 47F

Min:  41F

Ann Arbor, MI

Max:  36F

Min:  21F

So, first I’ll list the top (3) participants who were closest to the min/max for each city…and then I’ll narrow down the overall results to (2) winners.

The Top 3 for Portland, OR: 

1) Jeff Nelson:  Max: 46F, Min: 41F

2) George Lange: Max: 46F, Min: 40F

3) Gerald Satterwhite:  Max: 48F, Min: 40F

The Top 3 for Ann Arbor, MI

1) Jeff Nelson: Max: 38F, Min: 24F

2) Nick Farrugio: Max: 38F, Min: 18F

3) Gerald Satterwhite: Max: 40F, Min: 23F

Now, taking into account who did the best for both cities….the 2 winners of the FreshAJ Resume Contest are:

1)  Jeff Nelson

2) Gerald Satterwhite

Congratulations Jeff and Gerald!  I will be in contact with you guys by email for next steps.  For the rest of the wonderful participants…thanks for playing the FreshAJ resume contest!  And do not worry…there will still be options for you in the very near future to submit your resume and have it vetted by a weather professional. (Photo credit: TPM)

Great job everyone!