Uploaded November 2013 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Outlooks from NOAA's Climate Prediction Center focus on probabilities of seeing above-, near-, or below-average temperature and precipitation whereas weather maps indicate possible temperature, precipitation, and pressure patterns. Watch this video to learn how to interpret and use these map products.
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Outlooks from NOAA's Climate Prediction Center focus on probabilities of seeing above-, near-, or below-average temperature and precipitation whereas weather maps indicate possible temperature, precipitation, and pressure patterns. Watch this video to learn how to interpret and use these map products.
Video produced by the Climate.gov team in cooperation with climate and Earth scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and other agencies and institutions. Any opinions voiced by people in these videos are their own; they are not official NOAA statements or opinions. Unless specifically stated otherwise, Climate.gov video productions can be freely republished or re-purposed by others.
