{"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":2},"content":[{"text":"Your Seasonal Forecast","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"strong"}]},{"text":" ","type":"text"}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":3},"content":[{"text":"Items","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"strong"}]},{"text":" ","type":"text"}]},{"type":"orderedList","attrs":{"order":1},"content":[{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Tercile-based rainfall forecast (1-month to 3-month lead times) derived from calibrated ACCESS-S1 model output. ","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Current cumulative rainfall for both summer - December to March (DJFM) and growing season - April to November (AMJJASON)","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Forecast confidence levels based on calibrated ACCESS-S1 hindcast data. 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The model output at this spatial resolution is a result of a calibration algorithm referred to as quantile-quantile matching (McIntosh and Brown, 2016). On the date the forecast is generated i.e. forecast start date, model runs from the previous three days, each containing 11 ensemble members, are aggregated to create a single forecast, consisting of 33 ensemble members. ","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"The seasonal climate forecast workflow described here generates a new set of forecast data weekly for a period of up to three months into the future and includes a 1-month, 2-month and 3-month lead time forecast (Figure 1). For example, a forecast generated for the 16/01/2020 will include cumulative rainfall for 1-month (16/01/2020 to 15/02/2020), 2-month (16/01/2020 to 15/03/2020) and 3-month (16/01/2020 to 15/04/2020) lead times (Figure 1). 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The analyses takes these aggregated datasets and computes their percentiles for both observed and model sources. The observed percentiles (0, 33rd, 66th and 100th percentiles) equivalent to the the three tercile categories are used to bin the ensemble members into their respective category i.e. tercile 1, 2 or 3. *These acronyms denote the index labels used in the data stream and are detailed below.","type":"text"}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":4},"content":[{"text":"Item 1: Tercile-based rainfall forecast","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Seasonal climate modelling produces multiple realisations of possible futures (separate ensemble members), which are usually combined into a probabilistic output (see Figure 1). The model ensembles are binned into tercile categories based on historic climatology for the given grid cell and time period. Tercile categories represent the entire historic distribution (1960 – 2018) of potential rainfall values split into equal thirds. For example, for a 1-month lead time forecast initiated on 1st of October, each ensemble member is binned into a tercile category defined by observed rainfall from 1960 through to 2018 (for the month of October). 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Instances where no tercile category has a majority of ensemble members is deemed an ‘inconclusive’ forecast indicating no clear model signal. Thus, this forecasting method produces four categories: tercile 1, tercile 2, tercile 3 and 'inconclusive'. In addition to these categories, two other types output are provided. Firstly, the proportion of model ensembles in each tercile category is given as an indication of overall model spread. Secondly, percentile values of rainfall based on the 33 ensemble members are provided for the: 5th, 33rd, 66th and 95th percentiles (Figure 1). ","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"The rationale for applying this tercile-based categorical forecast approach is that it provides an indication of model outcomes across parts of the distribution broadly corresponding to dry, average and wet conditions. 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For example for an October forecast in 2001 at a 1-month lead time, if the categorised forecast (following the method described above) produces a forecast of tercile 1 and observed rainfall for that period was actually tercile 3 - this forecast is deemed to be a 'false alarm' or incorrect. Figure 2 provides a contingency table that illustrates the scheme for defining correct and false alarm forecasts. For ease of communication, model confidence is categorised into three levels: low, medium and high, with their specific definitions provided in the location metadata. 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