It brought a smile to my face when I looked at the world map "Seasonal
forecasts - indications for the next three months " on the UKMO web site.
The map is colour coded, orange - warm more likely, yellow - warm or
average more likely, green -average, light blue - average or cold more
likely,
dark blue - cold more likely The UK appeared to be predominantly in a
white area which on reading the text further stands for "White: no favoured
category." !!! So the UK is a bit trickier than the rest of the world. At
least there is the proviso in bold:-
"The Met Office advises against use of these maps alone for decision
making."

Dave