Precipitation, moisture sources and transport pathways associated with summertime North Atlantic deep cyclones

Stoffels, Rikke; Benedict, Imme; Papritz, Lukas; Selten, Frank; Weijenborg, Chris

doi:10.5194/wcd-6-1743-2025

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https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-1743-2025

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https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-1743-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 6, issue 4

Research article

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09 Dec 2025

Research article |

| 09 Dec 2025

Precipitation, moisture sources and transport pathways associated with summertime North Atlantic deep cyclones

Rikke Stoffels, Imme Benedict, Lukas Papritz, Frank Selten, and Chris Weijenborg

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RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2025-1752', Helen Dacre, 06 May 2025

The comment was uploaded in the form of a supplement: https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2025/egusphere-2025-1752/egusphere-2025-1752-RC1-supplement.pdf

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1752-RC1
CC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2025-1752', Luis Gimeno, 13 May 2025

Although the authors would not necessarily be aware of this work, a recent article with similar aims and methods has been published (Coll-Hidalgo et al. 2025)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169809525002972?via%3Dihub#f0025
I believe that the manuscript would benefit from a comparison with the methods, results and conclusions of this article.

Patricia Coll-Hidalgo, P, R. Nieto, J.C. Fernández-Alvarez and L. Gimeno (2025) Assessment of the origin of moisture for the precipitation of North Atlantic extratropical cyclones: Insights from downscaled ERA5, Atmospheric Research, Volume 324, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2025.108205.

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1752-CC1
RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2025-1752', Anonymous Referee #2, 16 Jun 2025

Please find my review attached.

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1752-RC2
AC1: 'Final response', Rikke Stoffels, 11 Jul 2025

We thank the two reviewers for taking the time to review our paper and providing us with insightful comments. A detailed response to each comment and the community comment is attached.

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1752-AC1

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AR – Author's response | RR – Referee report | ED – Editor decision | EF – Editorial file upload

AR by Rikke Stoffels on behalf of the Authors (14 Sep 2025) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (19 Sep 2025) by Juliane Schwendike

RR by Helen Dacre (07 Oct 2025)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (11 Oct 2025)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (12 Oct 2025) by Juliane Schwendike

AR by Rikke Stoffels on behalf of the Authors (21 Oct 2025) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (29 Oct 2025) by Juliane Schwendike

AR by Rikke Stoffels on behalf of the Authors (05 Nov 2025)

Short summary

Summertime North Atlantic storms bring heavy rainfall, especially near their centers and along their fronts. By tracking precipitating air parcels back in time we find that the moisture comes from areas of strong ocean evaporation, with hotspots in the Gulf Stream region. We also find that sometimes evaporation in a previous storm can contribute to rainfall in the next. Unlike in winter, summer storms also draw moisture from land, and their properties are partly shaped by former tropical storms.

Precipitation, moisture sources and transport pathways associated with summertime North Atlantic deep cyclones

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