Bala Narapusetty, Climate Prediction Center College Park, College Park, MD, United States, Dan C Collins, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Climate Prediction Center, College Park, MD, United States, Arun Kumar, NOAA/NCEP, College Park, MD, United States, Raghuram G Murtugudde, Univ of MD--ESSIC, College Park, MD, United States, Christa D Peters-Lidard, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Upmanu Lall, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States