Extratropical Highlights

  Table of Indices  (Table 3)

  Global Surface Temperature  E1

  Temperature Anomalies (Land Only)  E2

  Global Precipitation  E3

  Regional Precip Estimates (a)  E4

  Regional Precip Estimates (b)  E5

  U.S. Precipitation  E6

  Northern Hemisphere

  Southern Hemisphere

• SLP  E14
  
• 500-hPa Heights  E15
  
• 300-hPa Wind Vectors  E16
  
• 500-hPa Persistence  E17
  
• 500-hPa Heights Anom  E18
  

  Stratosphere

  Appendix 2: Additional Figures

DECEMBER 2008

FIGURE E15.  Southern Hemisphere mean and anomalous 500-hPa geopotential height (CDAS/Reanalysis). Mean heights are denoted by solid contours drawn at an interval of 8 dam. Anomaly contour interval is indicated by shading. Anomalies are calculated as departures from the 1979-1995 base period monthly means.