I agree with the reviewers that this paper deals with an important area of research and fits in with this special issue well. The three reviews were very thorough. The authors should address their comments comprehensively. In particular, the limitation of using a very short evaluation period needs to be emphasised when drawing conclusions from this study, as I do not believe it is possible to reach any robust conclusions from such a short period when evaluating seasonal forecasts and their applications. An additional comment from me is that the authors did consider irrigation water supply and management even though the title of the paper is about irrigated agriculture. In fact, there is a lot more skill in forecasting streamflow, which is related to water availability, than climate. The description in the paper gave me the impression that it was about rain fed agriculture.

The authors have done well in addressing the comments by the referees. In particular, the paper now includes a discussion on the limitation of using only a short historical period in the study to draw conclusions. Well done for a nice piece of work.