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When averaged over many forecasts each of the perturbed members has lower skill than the control member though .  Nevertheless any individual forecast might show a higher skill.   There is a  A range of ensemble products to present the information from the ensemble show information in different ways and appropriate for different uses.  These include probabilities, clusters of alternative scenarios, and tropical cyclone and extra-tropical cyclone products.  Certain important products are based on, or directly show, anomalies relative to the M-climate, such as .  Particularly important are meteograms and the Extreme Forecast Index and Shift of Tails (EFI/SOT).    The ENS products and chart presentations show where and when weather may deviate from the average for the location and time of year, and if such an anomaly could be extreme.

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