Depends on what timescale…
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Depends on what timescale you're forecasting. If you're interested in seasonal (3-month) averages then CPC outlooks already leans toward wetter for the upcoming winter/spring (so is already 'forecastable' thanks to predictors like ENSO and trends). For other climate averages (1 week, 2 weeks), it may be predictable as much as a month in advance (see this interesting paper). With day-to-day weather, you may be able to predict it as far as 7-10 days out. We talk a bit about these timescales and different drivers in this past blog article.