NERC Region WECC

Map of NERC Region WECC

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Note that we used a simple state mask, and the region may not perfectly match the spatial boundary of the true NERC region.

GCM Historical Skill Summary (1980-2019)

  TaiESM1 EC-Earth3-CC GFDL-CM4 EC-Earth3-Veg MPI-ESM1-2-HR NorESM2-MM EC-Earth3 CESM2 CESM2-WACCM GFDL-ESM4 MRI-ESM2-0 INM-CM5-0 INM-CM4-8
T2M KS 0.043 0.052 0.052 0.062 0.057 0.057 0.061 0.046 0.046 0.056 0.075 0.055 0.068
T2M Bias P50 (°C) 0.023 -1.202 -2.762 -1.562 -1.272 1.125 -2.257 1.929 1.799 -2.523 -1.941 0.239 0.693
T2M Max KS 0.051 0.054 0.067 0.065 0.064 0.076 0.064 0.060 0.074 0.067 0.092 0.080 0.099
T2M Max Bias P95 (°C) 0.807 0.191 -1.545 0.133 0.534 1.863 -0.587 1.399 -5.253 -0.960 -2.340 2.833 4.080
T2M Min KS 0.053 0.053 0.046 0.061 0.059 0.059 0.062 0.059 0.106 0.053 0.066 0.066 0.057
T2M Min Bias P5 (°C) -1.862 -3.116 -2.308 -3.658 -0.698 1.533 -4.637 2.934 7.568 -1.608 2.962 1.024 0.915
RH2M KS 0.095 0.084 0.086 0.085 0.165 0.098 0.089 0.085 0.083 0.136 0.114 0.139 0.150
RH2M Bias P50 (%) 11.336 10.532 18.848 10.011 10.040 -10.791 12.713 -5.322 -5.552 19.617 25.544 8.686 -0.021
RH2M Max KS nan 0.093 0.152 0.093 0.239 nan 0.092 nan nan nan 0.165 0.201 0.230
RH2M Max Bias P95 (%) nan 4.041 12.922 3.852 17.904 nan 4.065 nan nan nan 7.908 9.915 9.076
RH2M Min KS nan 0.119 0.123 0.119 0.166 nan 0.125 nan nan nan 0.154 0.129 0.119
RH2M Min Bias P5 (%) nan 0.577 5.131 -0.547 -2.467 nan 2.973 nan nan nan 20.469 -6.362 -11.403
PR KS 0.113 0.089 0.115 0.088 0.066 0.090 0.094 0.102 0.102 0.118 0.155 0.184 0.160
PR Bias P50 (%) 1.378 2.007 7.009 1.783 -1.659 -1.893 2.516 0.188 0.470 9.776 14.649 15.647 10.201
GHI KS 0.038 0.049 0.038 0.047 0.045 0.040 0.051 0.038 0.037 0.042 0.044 0.038 0.046
GHI Bias P50 (%) 0.247 4.956 -3.243 7.201 1.365 8.188 5.608 4.383 4.010 -5.315 2.996 2.035 6.420
WS 100m KS 0.134 0.102 0.107 0.103 0.183 0.185 0.113 0.282 0.280 0.106 0.145 0.160 0.167
WS 100m Bias P50 (%) -3.787 0.753 -5.791 1.781 11.259 20.640 -11.630 44.208 44.647 -14.174 9.516 -41.232 -40.380
Process Skill 0.291 0.045 0.062 0.056 0.089 0.041 0.062 0.205 0.161 0.143 0.343 0.819 0.851


GCM Changes from 1980-2019 to 2050-2059

All of the following plots are interactive. Try hovering your mouse over data points, clicking and dragging, scrolling, and double clicking on the legends.


Change in Temperature


Daily Maximum Temperature Events


Daily Minimum Temperature Events


Change in Relative Humidity


Change in Precipitation


Annual Minimum Precipitation Events


Change in Windspeed


Change in Global Horizontal Irradiance