>> Next week is for US! And I'm looking forward to it. The folks at NWS who work on longer-term climate modelling publish a set of maps during weekdays for 8 and 12 days downstream: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/610day/ http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/814day/index.php ...and give a broad idea of the general trends. Remember these are not forecasts in the usual sense, but show the odds of warmer/cooler and drier/wetter than normal for the given period. \Brian -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.