Seasonal forecasts feedback form

Thank you for using the Met Office's seasonal forecasts. To help us improve the forecasts we would welcome your feedback and therefore would be grateful if you could take a few minutes to fill out the following questionnaire. Your feedback will be used for our own internal purposes, and will not be passed on to anyone else.

An asterisk (*) indicates a required field.

1. Which of our forecast products are you interested in? *
Please use 1,2,3 to indicate your preference (1=highest interest)

Temperature forecast maps	Precipitation forecast maps	Tropical Pacific sea surface temperature (El Niño/La Niña)
North Atlantic Oscillation	Detailed NE Brazil and Africa regional forecasts	Other (please type in)

2. Which geographical region or country do you use the seasonal forecasts for?

3. Which three-month averages are you interested in?
Please use 1,2,3 to indicate your preference (1=highest interest)

2-4 months ahead

3-5 months ahead

4-6 months ahead

4. For what main purpose do you use the forecasts? (Please select one only) *

Private use		Part of job at a Meteorological Agency
Business planning		Other (please fill in AND select)

5. How often do you change your plans based on the forecast? *

6. Please write in exactly what you use the seasonal forecasts for:

7. How would you rate the seasonal forecast information in terms of;

Ease of understanding
Proportion of successful forecasts
Usefulness for your purpose
Value of the skill information, if used

8. How could the Met Office's seasonal forecasts be further improved? What additional information would you like to see in the long-range outlooks?

9. Which other organisation seasonal forecasts do you use? Do you think that their web sites are more or less useful than the Met Office's?

Organisations used	More or less useful...	Why do you say that?

10. Which country are you based in?

11. Which organisation do you work for?

Thank you very much for your time. If there are any outstanding issues at the end of the project, we may want to contact you via email, and ask your views on them.

Please enter your e-mail address if you are willing to be contacted:

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We will only contact you with information relating to the seasonal forecast. The Met Office is an Executive Agency of the UK Ministry of Defence. Met Office is registered under the Data Protection Act 1998.