Carolyn A. Reynolds¹, Rebecca Stone², James D Doyle³, Nancy L Baker⁴, Rolf Langland^1,5, F Martin Ralph⁶, David Lavers⁷ and Philippe Papin⁸, (1)Naval Research Lab Monterey, Marine Meteorology, Monterey, CA, United States, (2)Science Applications International Corp., Monterey, CA, United States, (3)NRL, Monterey, CA, United States, (4)Marine Meteorology Division, Naval Research Lab, Monterey, CA, United States, (5)US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States, (6)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes, La Jolla, CA, United States, (7)European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, United Kingdom, (8)National Research Council, Monterey, CA, United States