Due to a combination of increasing solar and
high hydroelectric generation due to an exceptionally rainy winter, California is expected to curtail a record 6 - 8 GW of renewable energy this spring.
Examples of possible applications / users include: warnings of the likelihood of severe
high impact weather (droughts, flooding, tropical and extratropical cyclones etc.) to help protect life and property; humanitarian planning and response to disasters; agriculture and disease planning / control (e.g., malaria and meningitis), particularly in developing countries; river - flow and river - discharge for flood prediction,
hydroelectric power
generation and reservoir management; landslides; coastal inundation; transport; power
generation; insurance.