edu.ucar.opensky::articles:27249 UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact 2025-12-24T18:47:45.632577 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7dn4987 Subseasonal potential predictability of horizontal water vapor transport and precipitation extremes in the North Pacific 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z publication https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7dn4987 https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-23-0170.1 Higgins, T. B. author Subramanian, A. C. author Chapman, William author Lavers, D. A. author Winters, A. C. author UCAR/NCAR - Library publisher Accurate forecasts of weather conditions have the potential to mitigate the social and economic damages they cause. To make informed decisions based on forecasts, it is important to determine the extent to which they could be skillful. This study focuses on subseasonal forecasts out to a lead time of four weeks. We examine the differences between the potential predictability, which is computed under the assumption of a " perfect model, " of integrated vapor transport (IVT) and precipitation under extreme conditions in subseasonal forecasts across the northeast Paci fi c. Our results demonstrate signi fi cant forecast skill of extreme IVT and precipitation events (exceeding the 90th percentile) into week 4 for speci fi c areas, particularly when anomalously wet conditions are observed in the true model state. This forecast skill during weeks 3 and 4 is closely associated with a zonal extension of the North Paci fi c jet. These fi ndings of the source of skillful subseasonal forecasts over the U.S. West Coast could have implications for water management in these regions susceptible to drought and fl ooding extremes. Additionally, they may offer valuable insights for governments and industries on the U.S. West Coast seeking to make informed decisions based on extended weather prediction. UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact PDF Text theme Resource Type 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z publication Copyright 2024 American Meteorological Society (AMS). None eng geoscientificInformation