Predictors Code Description Predictands TMIN TMAX RAIN slpg Mean sea level pressure   X X p__f 1000 hPa Wind speed       p__u 1000 hPa U-component     X p__v 1000 hPa V-component       p__z 1000 hPaVorticity X     p_th 1000 hPa Wind direction X X   p_zh 1000 hPa Divergence       p5_f 500 hPa Wind speed X     p5_u 500 hPa U-component     X p5_v 500 hPa V-component       p5_z 500 hPaVorticity       p500 500 hPaGeopotential   X X p5th 500 hPa Wind direction   X   p5zh 500 hPa Divergence   X X p8_f 850 hPa Wind speed       p8_u 850 hPa U-component       p8_v 850 hPa V-component       p8_z 850 hPaVorticity       p850 850 hPaGeopotential X     p8th 850 hPa Wind direction X   X p8zh 850 hPa Divergence     X s500 500 hPa Specific humidity X     s850 850 Specific humidity X X   shum 1000 hPa Specific humidity   X   temp Temperature at 2m X X   prcp Accumulated precipitation

Table 1: List of predictors from NCEP and CGCM3 datasets and selected predictors which highly correlates to each predictand.