SHADOW SEASON / D5 CONTEST RECEIPT

KMSP · High ≥ 73°F

Minneapolis, MN · 20260916 · Settled

Simulation credits only. The probabilities below are locked entries; current forecasts cannot replace them.

The contract clock

MILESTONE	UTC
Published	Sep 08 · 15:49 UTC
Forecast deadline	Sep 11 · 06:00 UTC
Observed day starts	Sep 16 · 06:00 UTC
Observed day ends	Sep 17 · 06:00 UTC
Unresolved contract voids	Sep 24 · 06:00 UTC

1991–2020 ACIS daily normal, rounded at publication. Source: exact KMSP ACIS daily maximum. Observing window uses local standard time in America/Chicago.

Scheduled opponents

IFS Ensemble versus ICON

WeatherNext 2 versus IFS HRES

Bye: AIFS Single. An eligible bye forecast still contributes to the common-case skill table.

Locked forecasts

0% · NO50%YES · 100%

39%

35%

33%

30%

25%

MODEL	PROBABILITY	INITIALIZED UTC	RECEIVED UTC	CAPTURED UTC
AIFS	30%	Sep 10 · 18:00 UTC	Sep 11 · 01:29 UTC	Sep 11 · 01:29 UTC
EPS	39%	Sep 10 · 00:00 UTC	Sep 11 · 01:13 UTC	Sep 11 · 01:13 UTC
HRES	35%	Sep 10 · 12:00 UTC	Sep 10 · 19:21 UTC	Sep 10 · 19:21 UTC
ICON	25%	Sep 11 · 00:00 UTC	Sep 11 · 04:32 UTC	Sep 11 · 04:32 UTC
WN2	33%	Sep 10 · 18:00 UTC	Sep 11 · 05:03 UTC	Sep 11 · 05:03 UTC

Positions & reserved credits

YES MODEL	NO MODEL	QUANTITY	YES PRICE	YES RESERVED AT ENTRY	NO RESERVED AT ENTRY	YES / NO REALIZED P&L
EPS	ICON	49	0.32350	15.85	33.15	+33.15 / -33.15

WeatherNext 2 / IFS HRES: Gap below 4 percentage points.

The observation record

Finalized contract result: YES · 75°F · Sep 20 · 06:11 UTC

FIRST SEEN UTC	HIGH	SOURCE	OBSERVATION HOUR	TREATMENT
Sep 17 · 09:08 UTC	75°F	RCC-ACIS StnData	24	Provisional reading

Inspect the evidence

Model versions and upstream calibration versions are unknown in this trial. The JSON contains the full frozen policy, entries, positions, and observation corrections.

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Contest ID: shadow-20260908-v1:KMSP:20260916:D5