Suppose That Where You Live, the Middle of January Is

question 100

Multiple Choice

Suppose that where you live, the middle of January is typically several degrees warmer than the rest of the month. If you forecast this "January thaw" for the middle of next January, you would have made a ____.

• A)forecast based on the analog method
• B)persistence forecast
• C)forecast based on weather types
• D)probability forecast
• E)climatological forecast

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