| 2.4.4 | 28th July 2025 | - New function: forecast_submission.AI_WQ_check_submission to verify forecast submission success.
- Excluded grid points from RPS calculation where all quintile climatologies are zero (i.e., dry regions).
- Applied land-sea mask for grid points with less than 50% land coverage. Originally mask was applied for grid points with less than 80% land coverage.
- Separated latitude weighting and global mean computation in RPS calculation.
- Extended ERA5-based training data availability to up to 4 months prior to the current date. Originally only up to 2024.
- Enabled download of historical quintile climatologies at a daily resolution. Originally only for every Monday start date.
- Added functionality to evaluate forecasts for selected geographic regions to enable regional evaluation.
- Implemented a check to exclude submissions from withdrawn teams.
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