PROGNOSTIC DISCUSSIONS NWS CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 3 PM EDT Sun Dec 14, 2003 ANALOGS TO THE 5 DAY MEAN OBSERVED PATTERN CENTERED 3 DAYS AGO (D-3) FOR THE REGION FROM 20N TO 70N LATITUDE AND 175E TO 60W LONGITUDE INCLUDE THE 5 DAY PERIODS CENTERED ON THE FOLLOWING DATES: 19521225 - 19521222 - 19731226 - 19511204 - 19741211 ANALOGS TO THE 7 DAY MEAN OBSERVED PATTERN CENTERED 4 DAYS AGO (D-4) FOR THE REGION FROM 20N TO 70N LATITUDE AND 175E TO 60W LONGITUDE INCLUDE THE 7 DAY PERIODS CENTERED ON THE FOLLOWING DATES: 19521224 - 19521207 - 19931214 - 19511205 - 19521221 6 to 10 day Outlook Table Outlook for DEC 20 - 24, 2003 STATE TEMP PCPN STATE TEMP PCPN STATE TEMP PCPN WASHINGTON A B OREGON A B NRN CALIF A B SRN CALIF A B IDAHO A B NEVADA A B W MONTANA A B E MONTANA A B WYOMING A B UTAH A B ARIZONA A B COLORADO A B NEW MEXICO A B N DAKOTA A B S DAKOTA A B NEBRASKA A B KANSAS A B OKLAHOMA A N N TEXAS A A S TEXAS N A W TEXAS A A MINNESOTA A B IOWA A B MISSOURI A B ARKANSAS A B LOUISIANA N A WISCONSIN A B ILLINOIS A B MISSISSIPPI N N MICHIGAN N B INDIANA N B OHIO N B KENTUCKY N B TENNESSEE N B ALABAMA N N NEW YORK N B VERMONT N B NEW HAMP N B MAINE N N MASS N B CONN N B RHODE IS N B PENN N B NEW JERSEY B B W VIRGINIA N B MARYLAND B N DELAWARE B N VIRGINIA B N N CAROLINA B A S CAROLINA B A GEORGIA B A FL PNHDL B A FL PENIN B A AK N SLOPE N N AK ALEUTIAN B N AK WESTERN N N AK INT BSN N N AK S INT N N AK SO COAST N N AK PNHDL A N 8 to 14 day Outlook Table Outlook for DEC 22 - 28, 2003 STATE TEMP PCPN STATE TEMP PCPN STATE TEMP PCPN WASHINGTON A N OREGON A N NRN CALIF A A SRN CALIF A N IDAHO A N NEVADA A N W MONTANA A B E MONTANA A B WYOMING A B UTAH A B ARIZONA A N COLORADO A N NEW MEXICO A N N DAKOTA A B S DAKOTA A B NEBRASKA A B KANSAS A B OKLAHOMA A B N TEXAS A N S TEXAS A N W TEXAS A N MINNESOTA A N IOWA A B MISSOURI A B ARKANSAS A N LOUISIANA N N WISCONSIN A N ILLINOIS A B MISSISSIPPI N N MICHIGAN A B INDIANA A B OHIO A B KENTUCKY A N TENNESSEE A N ALABAMA N N NEW YORK A N VERMONT A N NEW HAMP A N MAINE A B MASS A N CONN A N RHODE IS A N PENN A N NEW JERSEY A N W VIRGINIA A N MARYLAND A N DELAWARE A N VIRGINIA A N N CAROLINA A A S CAROLINA A A GEORGIA N A FL PNHDL N A FL PENIN N A AK N SLOPE N B AK ALEUTIAN B A AK WESTERN B N AK INT BSN N N AK S INT N N AK SO COAST N A AK PNHDL A A LEGEND TEMPS WITH RESPECT TO NORMAL PCPN WITH RESPECT TO MEDIAN A - ABOVE N - NEAR NORMAL A - ABOVE N - NEAR MEDIAN B - BELOW B - BELOW THE FORECAST CLASSES REPRESENT AVERAGES FOR EACH STATE. NORMAL VALUES - WHICH MAY VARY WIDELY ACROSS SOME STATES - ARE AVAILABLE FROM YOUR LOCAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE MESSAGE FXUS06 KWBC - ON AWIPS AS PMDMRD. $$