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<br />Alaska cold-based composIte torecasts tor <br />FFR ' Of) <br />Composite Standardized Temperature Anomalies Composite Standardized Precipitation Anomalies <br />reb '982.1989.1996.1997.1998 reb '982,1989.1996.'997.1998 <br />Versus 1971-2000 long term Average Versus 1971-2000 Longterm Average <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />-0.75 -0.55 -0.35 -0.15 0.05 0.25 0.45 0.65 <br /> <br />NC)M-CJlIt{S/C1i"'lOte ~tic. c.m.r <br />T <br />-0.20 0.20 0,60 1.00 <br /> <br /> <br />Based on a developing cold January in Fairbanks (which verified as the coldest on <br />record since January 1971), I averaged the 10 coldest Januaries since 1971, and found <br />that the first five cases were all cold, so I was showing the other five cases that went <br />into the composite. Based on this map, I expected a cold February along the spine of <br />the Rocky Mountains versus a wam1 east coast. And there was not much signal in the <br />precipitation department. <br />