Assessing the Skill of Weather Forecasts For the Purpose of Flood Forecasting in Lake Champlain and Richelieu River Vincent Fortin, Etienne Gaborit and Milena Dimitrijevic Recherche en Prévision Numérique Environnementale (RPN-E) Meteorological Research Division Technical report prepared for the International Lake Champlain – Richelieu River Technical Working Group August 31 st , 2015