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


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