David J Gochis¹, Brian Cosgrove², Aubrey L Dugger³, Kevin Michael Sampson¹, Michael Barlage¹, Fernando Renzo Salas⁴, David N Yates⁵, Arezoo Rafieeinasab⁶, Laura Read⁷, Molly McAllister¹, Katelyn FitzGerald¹, Ryan Cabell⁸, Matthew Casali⁷, Yongxin Zhang⁹, Trey Flowers¹⁰ and Joe Grim⁸, (1)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)NOAA/NWS/OHD, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (3)University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (4)UCAR/NOAA National Water Center, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, (5)University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (6)Univ of TX-Arlington-Civil Eng, Arlington, TX, United States, (7)University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States, (8)NCAR, Boulder, CO, United States, (9)NCAR-Rsrch Applications Lab, Boulder, CO, United States, (10)NOAA/NWS Office of Water Prediction, National Water Center, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States