PROGNOSTIC DISCUSSION FOR 6 TO 10 AND 8 TO 14 DAY OUTLOOKS
NWS CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS, MD
300 PM EST SUN MAR 15 2009 

THERE IS NO FORECASTER MESSAGE WRITTEN ON WEEKENDS

ANALOGS ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

6-10 DAY OUTLOOK TABLE
OUTLOOK FOR MAR 21 - 25, 2009
 
STATE      TEMP PCPN   STATE      TEMP PCPN   STATE      TEMP PCPN   
WASHINGTON  B    A     OREGON      B    A     NRN CALIF   B    A     
SRN CALIF   B    B     IDAHO       N    A     NEVADA      N    A     
W MONTANA   A    N     E MONTANA   A    B     WYOMING     A    N     
UTAH        N    A     ARIZONA     A    B     COLORADO    A    B     
NEW MEXICO  A    B     N DAKOTA    A    N     S DAKOTA    A    N     
NEBRASKA    A    N     KANSAS      A    B     OKLAHOMA    A    B     
N TEXAS     A    B     S TEXAS     A    B     W TEXAS     A    B     
MINNESOTA   A    A     IOWA        A    N     MISSOURI    A    B     
ARKANSAS    A    B     LOUISIANA   A    B     WISCONSIN   A    A     
ILLINOIS    A    N     MISSISSIPPI A    B     MICHIGAN    A    A     
INDIANA     A    N     OHIO        A    N     KENTUCKY    A    B     
TENNESSEE   A    B     ALABAMA     A    B     NEW YORK    N    N     
VERMONT     N    N     NEW HAMP    N    N     MAINE       N    N     
MASS        N    N     CONN        N    B     RHODE IS    N    B     
PENN        A    B     NEW JERSEY  A    B     W VIRGINIA  A    B     
MARYLAND    A    B     DELAWARE    A    B     VIRGINIA    A    B     
N CAROLINA  A    B     S CAROLINA  A    B     GEORGIA     A    B     
FL PNHDL    A    B     FL PENIN    A    B     AK N SLOPE  B    B     
AK ALEUTIAN B    N     AK WESTERN  B    N     AK INT BSN  B    B     
AK S INT    B    B     AK SO COAST B    B     AK PNHDL    B    B     
 
 
8-14 DAY OUTLOOK TABLE
OUTLOOK FOR MAR 23 - 29, 2009
 
STATE      TEMP PCPN   STATE      TEMP PCPN   STATE      TEMP PCPN   
WASHINGTON  N    A     OREGON      A    N     NRN CALIF   A    N     
SRN CALIF   N    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    B     
N TEXAS     A    B     S TEXAS     A    B     W TEXAS     A    B     
MINNESOTA   A    B     IOWA        A    B     MISSOURI    A    B     
ARKANSAS    A    B     LOUISIANA   A    B     WISCONSIN   A    B     
ILLINOIS    A    B     MISSISSIPPI A    B     MICHIGAN    A    B     
INDIANA     N    B     OHIO        N    B     KENTUCKY    N    B     
TENNESSEE   A    B     ALABAMA     A    B     NEW YORK    B    B     
VERMONT     B    B     NEW HAMP    B    B     MAINE       N    B     
MASS        B    B     CONN        B    B     RHODE IS    B    B     
PENN        N    B     NEW JERSEY  N    B     W VIRGINIA  N    B     
MARYLAND    N    B     DELAWARE    N    B     VIRGINIA    N    B     
N CAROLINA  N    B     S CAROLINA  N    B     GEORGIA     N    B     
FL PNHDL    N    B     FL PENIN    B    B     AK N SLOPE  B    B     
AK ALEUTIAN B    B     AK WESTERN  B    B     AK INT BSN  B    B     
AK S INT    B    B     AK SO COAST B    B     AK PNHDL    N    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 - ON AFOS AS
NFDPMDMRD.
NOTES: 

OPERATIONAL CHANGE: AS OF JULY 5 2005 SHADED MAPS HAVE REPLACED THE 
CONTOUR-ONLY MAPS ON THE CPC WEB SITE. THE CONTOURED MAPS ARE 
STILL AVAILABLE AT THEIR CURRENT FILE NAMES - SO DIRECT-LINKED USERS 
ARE NOT AFFECTED. AWIPS GRAPHICS ARE ALSO NOT AFFECTED BY THIS 
CHANGE.

AUTOMATED FORECASTS ARE ISSUED ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.  OTHERWISE -
FORECASTS INCORPORATE FORECASTER INPUT.

THE NOTATION FOR THE CATEGORICAL FORECAST INDICATED ON THE MAPS IS
THE SAME AS THAT IN THE TABLES: A-ABOVE   N-NEAR NORMAL   B-BELOW

IN THE SOUTHWEST AND OTHER CLIMATOLOGICALLY DRY REGIONS - THERE WILL
BE A GREATER THAN 33.3% CHANCE OF NO PRECIPITATION AND OCCASIONALLY
EVEN A NORMAL (I.E. MEDIAN) VALUE OF ZERO - ESPECIALLY DURING THE DRY
SEASONS.  IN SUCH CASES A FORECAST OF NEAR NORMAL IS EFFECTIVELY A
FORECAST OF LITTLE OR NO PRECIPITATION.

THE NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION OF THE FORECAST PATTERNS FOR TEMPERATURE
AND PRECIPITATION FOR BOTH THE 6-10 OR 8-14 DAY PERIODS HAS BEEN
DISCONTINUED.  THE STATE TABLES FOR BOTH THE 6-10 AND 8-14 DAY
PERIODS ARE NOW CONTAINED IN THIS MESSAGE...AVAILABLE AS PMDMRD ON
AWIPS. 

THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER USES 1971-2000 BASE PERIOD MEANS FOR 
TEMPERATURE...PRECIPITATION...AND 500-HPA HEIGHTS AS REFERENCE IN 
THE CLIMATE OUTLOOKS.

THE NEXT SET OF LONG-LEAD MONTHLY AND SEASONAL OUTLOOKS WILL BE RELEASED ON 
NOVEMBER 20.

NEW NOTE EFFECTIVE MAR 16 2004:
THE GLOSSARY FORMERLY FOUND AT THIS LOCATION WILL NO LONGER BE TRANSMITTED AS 
PART OF THIS MESSAGE. IF YOU WISH TO SEE THE DEFINITIONS OF TERMS USED IN THESE 
MESSAGES... PLEASE GO TO THE CPC WEB PAGE AT (USE LOWER CASE) 
HTTP://WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV AND FOLLOW THE APPROPRIATE LINKS.

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.

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