Figure 2 shows the improvement in skill of the new experimental versions of the RII over the current operational versions for the 1995-2009 Atlantic and eastern North Pacific basin developmental samples. The improvements in skill are shown for the 25-kt, 30-kt, and 35-kt RI thresholds as well as an additional RI threshold of 40-kt for which a new version of the RII was recently developed. Inspection of the results in Fig. 2 indicate that the experimental version exhibited anywhere from about 2-5% more absolute skill (10-30% relative improvement) in the Atlantic and 0.2-3% greater absolute skill (1-12% relative improvement) in the E. Pacific.