Dear authors,

You have been served well by three constructive reviews of your manuscript, to which you have responded in detail. Please implement the changes suggested by the reviewers and by yourselves in a revised version of the manuscript. That version will likely not be sent out for review again. If the implemented changes to the manuscript are satisfactory to me, I will base my final decision directly on that revised version of the manuscript.

Best regards,

Remko Uijlenhoet

Dear authors,

Thanks very much for implementing the requested changes to your manuscript. I have a few final minor textual remarks that I ask you to implement before publication:

- P.4, l.30: "kilometer" --> "km".
- P.9, l.30: "8-levels ... cascade" --> "8-level ... cascade".
- P.9, l.31: Why only 2 numbers for the first scale ("576-256")", where the other intervals also contain the center scale (in italics)?
- P.10, l.31: "outside of" --> "outside".
- P.18, l.17-18: "under-estimation" --> "underestimation" (2x); "over-estimation" --> "overestimation".
- P.18, l.29: "advecting forward the ... rainfall field" --> "advecting the ... rainfall field forward".
- P.19, l.5: "such approach" --> "such an approach".
- P.20, l.25: "radar image" --> "radar images".
- P.22, l.5: "on stratiform events" --> "of stratiform events".
- P.25, l.26-27: "line of no skill" --> "line representing complete lack of skill".

Thanks in advance for implementing these changes. After that your manuscript is ready for publication in HESS. Congratulations!

Best regards,

Remko Uijlenhoet