diff --git a/src/plotting/postprocessing_plotting.py b/src/plotting/postprocessing_plotting.py
index 5c72b47585ccde6017f2f7769f9e09258d3943ca..bd28fd761b2ecfe9fb981614cbcc2020b5b134b4 100644
--- a/src/plotting/postprocessing_plotting.py
+++ b/src/plotting/postprocessing_plotting.py
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ class PlotBootstrapSkillScore(AbstractPlotClass):
     name skill_score_clim_{extra_name_tag}{model_setup}.pdf and resolution of 500dpi.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, data: Dict, plot_folder: str = ".", model_setup: str = ""):
+    def __init__(self, data: Dict, plot_folder: str = ".", model_setup: str = "", separate_vars=None,):
         """
         Sets attributes and create plot
         :param data: dictionary with station names as keys and 2D xarrays as values, consist on axis ahead and terms.
@@ -642,11 +642,17 @@ class PlotBootstrapSkillScore(AbstractPlotClass):
         :param model_setup: architecture type to specify plot name (default "CNN")
         """
         super().__init__(plot_folder, f"skill_score_bootstrap_{model_setup}")
+        if separate_vars is None:
+            separate_vars = ['o3']
         self._labels = None
         self._x_name = "boot_var"
         self._data = self._prepare_data(data)
         self._plot()
         self._save()
+        self.plot_name += '_separated'
+        self._plot(separate_vars=separate_vars)
+        self._save()
+
 
     def _prepare_data(self, data: Dict) -> pd.DataFrame:
         """
@@ -667,9 +673,103 @@ class PlotBootstrapSkillScore(AbstractPlotClass):
         """
         return "" if score_only else "terms and "
 
-    def _plot(self):
+    def _plot(self, separate_vars: str = None):
         """
-        Main plot function to plot climatological skill score.
+        Main plot function to plot boots.
+        """
+        if separate_vars is None:
+            self._plot_all_variables()
+        else:
+            self._plot_selected_variables(separate_vars)
+
+    def _plot_selected_variables(self, separate_vars: List[str] = ['o3']):
+        data = self._data
+        self.raise_error_if_separate_vars_do_not_exist(data, separate_vars)
+        all_variables = self._get_unique_values_from_column_of_df(data, 'boot_var')
+        remaining_vars = helpers.list_pop(all_variables, separate_vars)
+        data_first = self._select_data(df=data, variables=separate_vars, column_name='boot_var')
+        data_second = self._select_data(df=data, variables=remaining_vars, column_name='boot_var')
+
+        fig, ax = plt.subplots(nrows=1, ncols=2,
+                               gridspec_kw={'width_ratios': [len(separate_vars),
+                                                             len(remaining_vars)
+                                                             ]
+                                            }
+                               )
+        g1 = sns.boxplot(x=self._x_name, y="data", hue="ahead", data=data_first, ax=ax[0], whis=1., palette="Blues_d",
+                         showmeans=True, meanprops={"markersize": 1, "markeredgecolor": "k"},
+                         flierprops={"marker": "."}, width=2
+                         )
+        ax[0].set(ylabel=f"skill score", xlabel="")
+
+        g2 = sns.boxplot(x=self._x_name, y="data", hue="ahead", data=data_second, ax=ax[1], whis=1., palette="Blues_d",
+                         showmeans=True, meanprops={"markersize": 1, "markeredgecolor": "k"},
+                         flierprops={"marker": "."},
+                         )
+        ax[1].set(ylabel="", xlabel="")
+        ax[1].yaxis.tick_right()
+        handles, _ = ax[1].get_legend_handles_labels()
+        for sax in ax:
+            matplotlib.pyplot.sca(sax)
+            sax.axhline(y=0, color="grey", linewidth=.5)
+            plt.xticks(rotation=45, ha='right')
+            sax.legend_.remove()
+
+        # ph = [plt.plot([], marker="", ls="")[0]] * 2
+        # handles = ph + handles
+        # labels = ["ahead"] + self._labels
+        leg = fig.legend(handles, self._labels, loc='upper center', ncol=len(handles)+1,)
+
+        def align_yaxis2(ax1, ax2):
+            """Align zeros of the two axes, zooming them out by same ratio"""
+            axes = (ax1, ax2)
+            extrema = [ax.get_ylim() for ax in axes]
+            tops = [extr[1] / (extr[1] - extr[0]) for extr in extrema]
+            # Ensure that plots (intervals) are ordered bottom to top:
+            if tops[0] > tops[1]:
+                axes, extrema, tops = [list(reversed(l)) for l in (axes, extrema, tops)]
+
+            # How much would the plot overflow if we kept current zoom levels?
+            tot_span = tops[1] + 1 - tops[0]
+
+            b_new_t = extrema[0][0] + tot_span * (extrema[0][1] - extrema[0][0])
+            t_new_b = extrema[1][1] - tot_span * (extrema[1][1] - extrema[1][0])
+            axes[0].set_ylim(extrema[0][0], b_new_t)
+            axes[1].set_ylim(t_new_b, extrema[1][1])
+
+        # align_yaxis(g1, 0, g2, 0)
+        # align_yaxis(g1, 0, g2, 0)
+        align_yaxis2(ax[0], ax[1])
+        align_yaxis2(ax[0], ax[1])
+
+        plt.savefig('MYBOOTTESTPLOT.pdf', bbox_inches='tight')
+        plt.savefig('MYBOOTTESTPLOT.pdf')
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _select_data(df: pd.DataFrame, variables: List[str], column_name: str) -> pd.DataFrame:
+        for i, variable in enumerate(variables):
+            if i == 0:
+                selected_data = df.loc[df[column_name] == variable]
+            else:
+                tmp_var = df.loc[df[column_name] == variable]
+                selected_data = pd.concat([selected_data, tmp_var], axis=0)
+        return selected_data
+
+    def raise_error_if_separate_vars_do_not_exist(self, data, separate_vars):
+        if not self._variables_exist_in_df(df=data, variables=separate_vars):
+            raise ValueError(f"At least one entry of `separate_vars' does not exist in `self.data' ")
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _get_unique_values_from_column_of_df(df: pd.DataFrame, column_name: str) -> List:
+        return list(df[column_name].unique())
+
+    def _variables_exist_in_df(self, df: pd.DataFrame, variables: List[str], column_name: str = 'boot_var'):
+        vars_in_df = set(self._get_unique_values_from_column_of_df(df, column_name))
+        return set(variables).issubset(vars_in_df)
+
+    def _plot_all_variables(self):
+        """
+
         """
         fig, ax = plt.subplots()
         sns.boxplot(x=self._x_name, y="data", hue="ahead", data=self._data, ax=ax, whis=1., palette="Blues_d",