William J Merryfield¹, Hai Lin², Ryan Muncaster², Gregory Smith², Marko Markovic³, Amin Erfani³, Viatchelsav V. Kharin¹, Woosung Lee¹ and Martin Charron², (1)Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Victoria, BC, Canada, (2)Meteorological Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada, (3)Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Dorval, Canada