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• NEAR-SURFACE/
  PRECIPITATION FIELDS
  1. Sea Level Pressure,3-H Accumulated Precip
  2. Total Precipitation
  3. Total Convective Precipitation
  4. Simulated Radar Reflectivity
  5. Radar Echo Top Height
  6. Visibility
  7. Precip Rate
  8. Convective Precip Rate
  9. Total Precip and Convective Precip Rate
  10. 2-m Temp
  11. 2-m Dew Point Temp
  12. Lowest Model Layer Temp
  13. CAPE, CIN, LI
  14. Best CAPE/CIN Combined
  15. 10-m Winds
  16. Lowest Model Layer Winds
• UPPER LEVEL FIELDS
  1. 925 mb RH
  2. 850 mb RH
  3. 850 mb Height, Winds
  4. 700 mb Temperature
  5. 700 mb Height,Precip Water
  6. 700 mb RH, Omega
  7. 200 mb Heights/Wind Speed
  8. 200 mb Winds
  9. 200 mb Temps
• CLOUD-RELATED FIELDS
  1. Cloud Fractions
  2. Cloud Top Temps/Height/Pressure
  3. Cloud Base Height/Pressure
  4. Cloud Ceiling Height
  5. Deep Convective Cloud Top/Bottom Pressure
  6. Shallow Convective Cloud Top/Bottom Pressure
  7. Total Convective Cloud Top/Bottom Pressure
  8. Grid-Scale Cloud Top/Bottom Pressure
  9. Total Column-Integrated Cloud Water + Rain
  10. Total Column-Integrated Cloud Ice + Snow
  11. Total Column-Integrated Condensate
  12. Average Column Heating Rates
  13. Total Column-Integrated Moisture Divergence
  14. Rime Factor vs snow/rain/cloud water/cloud ice
• LAND-SURFACE/SOIL RELATED FIELDS
  1. Skin Temp
  2. 0-10 cm Soil Temp/Moisture
  3. 10-40 cm Soil Temp/Moisture
  4. 0-100 cm Soil Moisture Availability
  5. Skin temp - 1st layer soil temp
  6. Skin temp - Lowest Model layer temp
  7. 2-m temp - skin temp
  8. Ground Heat flux
  9. Latent Heat flux
  10. Sensible Heat flux
• SURFACE RADIATION/FLUX FIELDS
  1. Sfc Downward SW Flux
  2. Sfc Upward SW Flux
  3. Sfc Downward LW Flux
  4. Net Sfc SW flux
  5. Net Sfc LW flux
  6. Net Sfc SW+LW flux
• PBL/TURBULENCE FIELDS
  1. PBL Height
  2. Lowest Model Layer Q2
  3. 2nd Lowest Model Layer Q2
  4. Surface Friction Velocity

SLP, 3-h Accumulated Precipitation (in)

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X
PR3KM-NAM	X

Total Precipitation (in)

0-60h

3-h Accumulated Precipitation (in)

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X

24-H Accumulated Precipitation (in)

00-24h	12-36h
24-48h	36-60h

3-h Convective Precipitation (in)

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X

Total Convective Precipitation (in)

0-60h

Visibility (km)

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X

Instantaneous Precip Rate (mm/h)

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X

Instantaneous Convective Precip Rate (mm/h)

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X

Total Precipitation and Convective Precip Rate (mm/h)

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X

Total Column-integrated cloud water+rain (mm)

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X

Total Column-integrated cloud ice+snow (mm)

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X

Total Column-integrated condensate (mm)

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X

Average column heating rates

	Shortwave heating rate (deg C/hr)	Longwave heating rate (deg C/hr)
NAM	X	X
PR3KM	X	X
NAM,PR3KM	X	X

	Grid-scale heating rate (deg C/hr)	Convective heating rate (deg C/hr)
NAM	X	X
PR3KM	X	X
NAM,PR3KM	X	X

Total Column-integrated moisture divergence

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X

700 mb - 950 mb Rime Factor, snow mixing ratio,
rain mixing ratio, and cloud water mixing ratio

NAM

PR3KM

50 mb - 600 mb Rime Factor, snow mixing ratio,
cloud ice mixing ratio, and cloud water mixing ratio

NAM

PR3KM

925mb Relative Humidity

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X
PR3KM-NAM	X

850mb Relative Humidity

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X
PR3KM-NAM	X

850mb Height, Winds

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X
PR3KM-NAM Wind	X

700mb Temperature

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X
PR3KM-NAM	X

700mb Height and Total Column PW

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X
PR3KM-NAM PW	X

700mb RH, Vertical Velocity

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X
PR3KM-NAM RH	X

200mb Height and Wind Speed

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X
PR3KM-NAM Wind Speed	X

200mb Wind

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X
PR3KM-NAM	X

200mb Temperature

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X
PR3KM-NAM	X

Total/Convective Cloud Fraction - Puerto Rico

	Total	Convective
NAM	X	X
PR3KM	X	X
NAM,PR3KM	X	X

Low/Middle/High Cloud Fraction - Puerto Rico

	Low	Middle	High
NAM	X	X	X
PR3KM	X	X	X
NAM,PR3KM	X	X	X

Cloud Top Temperature/Height/Pressure

	Temp	Height	Pressure
NAM	X	X	X
PR3KM	X	X	X
NAM,PR3KM	X	X	X

Cloud Base Pressure/Height

	Height	Pressure
NAM	X	X
PR3KM	X	X
NAM,PR3KM	X	X

Cloud Ceiling Height (Kft above surface)

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X

Deep Convective Cloud Top/Bottom Pressure (mb)

	Top Pressure	Bottom Pressure
NAM	X	X
PR3KM	X	X
NAM,PR3KM	X	X

Shallow Convective Cloud Top/Bottom Pressure (mb)

	Top Pressure	Bottom Pressure
NAM	X	X
PR3KM	X	X
NAM,PR3KM	X	X

Total Convective Cloud Top/Bottom Pressure (mb)

	Top Pressure	Bottom Pressure
NAM	X	X
PR3KM	X	X
NAM,PR3KM	X	X

Grid-Scale Cloud Top/Bottom Pressure (mb)

	Top Pressure	Bottom Pressure
NAM	X	X
PR3KM	X	X
NAM,PR3KM	X	X

PBL Height (Based on TKE)

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X

PBL Height (Based on Richardson Number)

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X

2-M Temperature

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X
PR3KM-NAM	X

Skin Temperature

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X
PR3KM-NAM	X

Lowest Model Layer Temperature

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X
PR3KM-NAM	X

Soil Parameters - Puerto Rico

	NAM	PR3KM	NAM, PR3KM
0-10 cm Soil Temp	X	X	X
10-40 cm Soil Temp	X	X	X
0-10 cm Soil Moisture	X	X	X
10-40 cm Soil Moisture	X	X	X
0-10 cm Frozen Soil Moisture	X	X	X
10-40 cm Frozen Soil Moisture	X	X	X
0-100 cm Soil Moisture Availability	X	X	X

Skin Temp - 1st Layer Soil Temp

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X

Skin Temp - Lowest Model Layer Temp

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X

2-m Temp - Skin Temp

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X

2-m Dew Point Temperature (deg C)

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X
PR3KM-NAM	X

CAPE/CIN/Lifted Index

	NAM	PR3KM	NAM, PR3KM
Best CIN	X	X	X
Best Lifted Index	X	X	X
Surface CIN	X	X	X

	Best CAPE	Sfc CAPE
NAM	X	X
PR3KM	X	X
NAM,PR3KM	X	X
NAM-PR3KM	X	X

Surface Downward Shortwave Flux

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X
PR3KM-NAM	X

Surface Upward Shortwave Flux

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X

Surface Downward Longwave Flux

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X
PR3KM-NAM	X

Surface Upward Longwave Flux

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X

^* ( UpSWF_sfc / DownSWF_sfc ) * 100, where UpSWF=Instantaneous sfc upward shortwave flux
DownSWF=Instantaneous sfc downward shortwave flux

Net Surface Shortwave Flux

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X
PR3KM-NAM	X

Net Surface Longwave Flux

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X
PR3KM-NAM	X

Net Surface Shortwave+Longwave Flux

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X
PR3KM-NAM	X

Ground Heat Flux

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X
PR3KM-NAM	X

Latent Heat Flux

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X
PR3KM-NAM	X

Sensible Heat Flux

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X
PR3KM-NAM	X

Surface Friction Velocity

	Puerto Rico
NAM	X
PR3KM	X
NAM,PR3KM	X

Simulated Radar Reflectivity (dBZ)

	NAM	PR3KM	NAM, PR3KM
Composite Reflectivity	X	X	X
Lowest Model Level Reflectivity	X	X	X
1 km AGL Reflectivity	X	X	X
All 3 Combined	X	X
Radar Echo Top Height	X	X	X

Additional Surface Fields

10-m Wind, Surface Height	NAM 12-km Parent Puerto Rico 3-km Nest Parent, Nest Combined
10-m Wind Isotachs	NAM 12-km Parent Puerto Rico 3-km Nest Parent, Nest Combined
Lowest level wind, sfc height	NAM 12-km Parent Puerto Rico 3-km Nest Parent, Nest Combined
Lowest level wind, isotachs	NAM 12-km Parent Puerto Rico 3-km Nest Parent, Nest Combined
Best CAPE,CIN combined	NAM 12-km Parent Puerto Rico 3-km Nest Parent, Nest Combined