`quantileForecast.ensembleBMAnormal` <-
function(fit, ensembleData, quantiles = 0.5, dates = NULL, ...) 
{
 weps <- 1.e-4

 matchITandFH(fit,ensembleData)

 M <- matchEnsembleMembers(fit,ensembleData)
 nForecasts <- ensembleSize(ensembleData)
 if (!all(M == 1:nForecasts)) ensembleData <- ensembleData[,M]

## remove instances missing all forecasts

 M <- apply(ensembleForecasts(ensembleData), 1, function(z) all(is.na(z)))
 ensembleData <- ensembleData[!M,]
 
## match specified dates with dateTable in fit

 dateTable <- dimnames(fit$weights)[[2]]

 if (!is.null(dates)) {

   dates <- sort(unique(as.character(dates)))

   if (length(dates) > length(dateTable)) 
     stop("parameters not available for some dates")

   K <- match( dates, dateTable, nomatch=0)

   if (any(!K) || !length(K)) 
     stop("parameters not available for some dates")

 }
 else {

   dates <- dateTable
   K <- 1:length(dateTable)

  }

 ensDates <- ensembleValidDates(ensembleData)

## match dates in data with dateTable
 if (is.null(ensDates) || all(is.na(ensDates))) {
   if (length(dates) > 1) stop("date ambiguity")
   nObs <- nrow(ensembleData)
   Dates <- rep( dates, nObs)
 }
 else {
## remove instances missing dates
   if (any(M <- is.na(ensDates))) {
     ensembleData <- ensembleData[!M,]
     ensDates <- ensembleValidDates(ensembleData)
   }
   Dates <- as.character(ensDates)
   L <- as.logical(match( Dates, dates, nomatch=0))
   if (all(!L) || !length(L)) 
     stop("model fit dates incompatible with ensemble data")
   Dates <- Dates[L]
   ensembleData <- ensembleData[L,]
   nObs <- length(Dates)
 }

 nForecasts <- ensembleSize(ensembleData)

 Q <- matrix(NA, nObs, length(quantiles))
 dimnames(Q) <- list(ensembleObsLabels(ensembleData),as.character(quantiles))

 ensembleData <- ensembleForecasts(ensembleData)

 l <- 0
 for (d in dates) {

    l <- l + 1
    k <- K[l]

    WEIGHTS <- fit$weights[,k]
    if (all(Wmiss <- is.na(WEIGHTS))) next

    SD <- if (!is.null(dim(fit$sd))) fit$sd[,k] else rep(fit$sd[k], nForecasts)

    I <- which(as.logical(match(Dates, d, nomatch = 0)))

    for (i in I) {
    
       f <- ensembleData[i,]

       M <- is.na(f) | Wmiss

       MEAN <- apply(rbind(1, f)*fit$biasCoefs[,,k], 2, sum)

       W <- WEIGHTS
       if (any(M)) {
         W <- W + weps
         W <- W[!M]/sum(W[!M])
       }

       Q[i,] <- sapply(quantiles, quantBMAnormal,
                       WEIGHTS=W, MEAN=MEAN[!M], SD=SD[!M])
    }
 }

 Q
}