My outlook calls for exceptional warmth in many parts of central and eastern North America for the first half of the winter, fading slowly to a near normal February in those regions and possibly a colder than average March. The far west will be generally very mild, as will almost all parts of western Canada.   During spells of exceptional warmth, record high temperatures may occur and these may even threaten monthly records, not just daily records. A good analogue may be the winter of 1905-06,