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<br />Alaska cold-based composite forecasts for DEC'05 <br /> <br />Standardized Temperature Anomalies Standardized Precipitation Anomalies <br />Dee 2005 Dee 2005 <br />Versus 1971-2000 longterm Averoge Versus 1971-2000 Longterm Averoge <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />~-ClR{'S/c:.ncn. ~ti" c..nt.r <br /> <br />-2.00 -1.50 -1.00 -0.50 Joo 0.50 1.00 1.50 2.00 -3.0 -2.0 -1.0 <br /> <br />.n:: <br /> <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br /> <br />j <br />0.0 <br /> <br />1.0 <br /> <br />2.0 <br /> <br />3.0 <br /> <br />The observed temperatures in December were cold in the east (after a cold start in <br />Colorado, only high mountain valleys (Gunnison!) staid cold), and warm in the <br />southwest. Only the warm northern plains (and cold interior Pacific Northwest) were <br />not anticipated correctly (left). Similar "success" for December precipitation. Note that <br />the climate divisional average for the South Platte basin includes some of wetter <br />stations west of the divide. <br />