PROGNOSTIC DISCUSSIONS NWS CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 3 PM EDT Sun Dec 21, 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: 19610104 - 19580103 - 19651204 - 19811204 - 19521214 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: 19811204 - 19610103 - 19941219 - 19861231 - 19861228 6 to 10 day Outlook Table Outlook for DEC 27 - 31, 2003 STATE TEMP PCPN STATE TEMP PCPN STATE TEMP PCPN WASHINGTON B N OREGON B N NRN CALIF B A SRN CALIF B A IDAHO B A NEVADA B A W MONTANA B N E MONTANA B A WYOMING B A UTAH B A ARIZONA B A COLORADO B A NEW MEXICO B A N DAKOTA B N S DAKOTA B A NEBRASKA B A KANSAS B A OKLAHOMA N A N TEXAS A A S TEXAS A A W TEXAS N A MINNESOTA N A IOWA N A MISSOURI N A ARKANSAS N A LOUISIANA N A WISCONSIN A A ILLINOIS N A MISSISSIPPI N A MICHIGAN A A INDIANA N A OHIO N A KENTUCKY N A TENNESSEE N A ALABAMA N A NEW YORK A A VERMONT A A NEW HAMP A A MAINE A A MASS A A CONN A A RHODE IS A A PENN N A NEW JERSEY N A W VIRGINIA N A MARYLAND N A DELAWARE N A VIRGINIA N A N CAROLINA N A S CAROLINA N N GEORGIA N N FL PNHDL N N FL PENIN N B AK N SLOPE A N AK ALEUTIAN N N AK WESTERN A N AK INT BSN N N AK S INT A N AK SO COAST A N AK PNHDL B N 8 to 14 day Outlook Table Outlook for DEC 29, 2003 - JAN 04, 2004 STATE TEMP PCPN STATE TEMP PCPN STATE TEMP PCPN WASHINGTON B N OREGON B A NRN CALIF B A SRN CALIF B A IDAHO B A NEVADA B A W MONTANA B A E MONTANA B A WYOMING B N UTAH B A ARIZONA B A COLORADO B N NEW MEXICO B A N DAKOTA B A S DAKOTA B A NEBRASKA B A KANSAS B A OKLAHOMA N A N TEXAS N N S TEXAS N N W TEXAS N N MINNESOTA N A IOWA N A MISSOURI N A ARKANSAS N A LOUISIANA N A WISCONSIN N A ILLINOIS N A MISSISSIPPI N A MICHIGAN N A INDIANA N A OHIO N A KENTUCKY N A TENNESSEE N A ALABAMA N A NEW YORK N N VERMONT N B NEW HAMP N B MAINE N B MASS N N CONN N N RHODE IS N N PENN N N NEW JERSEY N N W VIRGINIA N A MARYLAND N A DELAWARE N A VIRGINIA N A N CAROLINA N A S CAROLINA N A GEORGIA N A FL PNHDL N A FL PENIN N N AK N SLOPE A B AK ALEUTIAN A A AK WESTERN A A AK INT BSN A N AK S INT A N AK SO COAST N B AK PNHDL B B 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. $$