Careful planning of the use of water resources is critical in the semi‐arid eastern Mediterranean region. The relevant areas are characterized by complex terrain and coastlines, and exhibit large spatial variability in seasonal precipitation. Global seasonal forecasts provide only partial information of the precipitation as a result of their coarse spatial resolution. We present two statistical downscaling methods of global fo...

This study demonstrates the capability of the Weather Research and Forecasting ( WRF ) model with four‐dimensional data assimilation ( WRF‐FDDA ) to produce a high‐resolution climatography of seasonal precipitation over Israel and the surrounding areas. The system was used to dynamically downscale global Climate Forecast System ( CFS ) reanalysis with continuous assimilation of conventional and unconventional observations. Pre...