- Experimental Pacific weekly forecast and precipitation anomaly maps from Scripps ECPC (see next link.) When you open this link you will come
to a number of charts. For Total Precipitation, choose the one at the bottom that looks like the following example, headed PAC PRECIP GMS TOT
Click on the latest month the forecast was initiated, (indicated by red arrow in the example above) to get the full 12 weeks? of animated images, or click on the relevant week (brown arrow)
to get a single image for the week required. If you chose the animation, (I usually do) use PgDn to scroll to the bottom of the chart. There you will see a much larger version of something
like the following example. 
At the bottom is the year, followed by the date initiated (I= date forecast was made), F= Week _01 (Forecast for week 1) V= 0403-0410 (Variable in this example is for April 3rd - April 10th)
Under this you will find something similar to the following example. I usually click on "play animation" and then look at something else while it loads. The animation can take up to 3 minutes to load!
Then I find clicking on "next fcst" the most useful as you can go through the animation at a speed best suited to you. (It will need a
couple of clicks the first time) The scale on the right hand side of the map is in inches.
- Index to other Experimental Forecasts. Scroll down to find the meaning of the abbreviations. These links are from Scripps
Experimental Climate Prediction Center. and include the following:-
- Experimental! 6 weekly Global precipitation forecast, and anomaly maps
- Experimental! 6 weekly Pacific Soil Moisture Forecast and Anomaly Maps.
- Experimental! 6 weekly
Pacific Fire Weather Index Forecast Maps and anomalies
Note:- The "Fire Weather Index" is NOT the equivalent of the Australian "Fire Danger Index", as it does not include fuel characteristics in the calculations. However it does provide an
additional tool for fire weather forecasters.
