Contents

Purpose and Editorial Policy

Summary of Forecasts

Forecasts of Nino-3 SST Anomalies and SOI Based on Singular Spectrum Analysis Combined with the Maximum Entropy Method - by Dmitri Kondrashov, Michael Ghil and J. David Neelin

Dynamically Based Forecasts for Tropical Pacific SST Using a Hybrid Coupled Ocean-Atmospheric Model - by Tim Barnett, David Pierce, Nicholas Graham and Mojib Latif

Forecast of Tropical Pacific SST using an intermediate ocean and a statistical atmosphere model - by In-Sik Kang, Chung-Kyu Park, and Jong-Seong Kug

Tropical Pacific SST Forecasts Utilizing Multiple Coupled GCMs - by David G. DeWitt, Edwin K. Schneider and Dan Paolino

Forecast of Tropical Pacific SST Using a Markov Model - by Yan Xue

ECPC/NCEP March 2006 Seasonal Fire Danger Forecasts - by J. Roads, P. Tripp, M. Kanamitsu. L. DeHaan, H. Juang, J. Wang, S. Chen, F. Fujioka

SST predictions with an intermediate coupled model of the tropical Pacific - by Boris Dewitte, Dasha Gushchina and Yves duPenhoat