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• NEAR-SURFACE/
  PRECIPITATION FIELDS
  1. Sea Level Pressure
  2. Total Precipitation
  3. Total Convective Precipitation
  4. Simulated Radar Reflectivity
  5. Total Snowfall
  6. Precipitation Type
  7. Visibility
  8. % Frozen Precip vs Precip Type
  9. % Frozen Precip vs Precip Rate
  10. Precip Rate
  11. Convective Precip Rate
  12. Total Precip and Convective Precip Rate
  13. % Frozen Precip vs Precip Type vs Lowest Level Rime Fctr
  14. Snow H2O Equivalent
  15. Snow Depth
  16. 2-m Temp
  17. 2-m Dew Point Temp
  18. Lowest Model Layer Temp
  19. Lowest Boundary Layer Td
  20. Regional 10-m winds
  21. CAPE, CIN, LI, K-Index
• UPPER LEVEL FIELDS
  1. 850 mb Height/Temps
  2. 850 mb Winds
  3. 700 mb Temperature
  4. 700 mb Height and Precip Water
  5. 700 mb RH, Omega
  6. 500 mb Heights
  7. 500 mb Temps
  8. 300 mb Heights/Wind Speed
  9. 300 mb Temps
  10. 250 mb Heights/Wind Speed
  11. 250 mb Winds
  12. 250 mb Temps
  13. 50 mb Temps
  14. Height of Lowest Freezing Lvl
• 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. Total Convective Cloud Top/Bottom Pressure
  7. Grid-Scale Cloud Top/Bottom Pressure
  8. Total Column-Integrated Cloud Water + Rain
  9. Total Column-Integrated Cloud Ice + Snow
  10. Total Column-Integrated Condensate
  11. Total Column-Integrated Supercooled water and melting ice
  12. Total Column-Integrated Heating Rates
  13. Total Column-Integrated Moisture Divergence
  14. Base and Top height of supercooled liquid water layer
  15. Rime Factor vs snow/rain/cloud water/cloud ice
• LAND-SURFACE/SOIL RELATED FIELDS
  1. 00-h Soil/Surface Parameters
  2. Skin Temp
  3. 0-10 cm Soil Temp/Moisture
  4. 10-40 cm Soil Temp/Moisture
  5. 0-100 cm Soil Moisture Availability
  6. Skin temp - 1st layer soil temp
  7. Skin temp - Lowest Model layer temp
  8. 2-m temp - skin temp
  9. Ground Heat flux
  10. Latent Heat flux
  11. Sensible Heat flux
  12. Surface Energy Residual
  13. Potential Evaporation
  14. Surface Exchange Coefficient
• SURFACE RADIATION/FLUX FIELDS
  1. Sfc Downward SW Flux
  2. Sfc Upward SW Flux
  3. Sfc Downward LW Flux
  4. Instantaneous Albedo
  5. Sfc clear sky - downward SW flux
  6. Net Sfc SW flux
  7. Net Sfc LW flux
  8. Net Sfc SW+LW flux
  9. TOA Brightness Temperatures
• PBL/BOUNDARY LAYER FIELDS
  1. PBL Height
  2. Lowest Model Layer Q2
  3. 2nd Lowest Model Layer Q2
  4. Surface Friction Velocity
  5. Surface Drag Coefficient
• REGIONAL/OCONUS FIELDS
  1. CONUS/Alaska/Gulf of Mexico/Caribbean Regional Surface Fields
  2. North Pacific/Eastern Pacific/Hawaii/Central Pacific/Tropical Atlantic graphics
  3. North Atlantic/Alaska Region graphics

Soil/Surface Parameters

Snow cover (water equivalent)

Sea Surface Temperature

Sea Ice Coverage

Sea Surface Temperature (Alaska)

Sea Ice Coverage (Alaska)

0-10cm soil moisture

10-40cm soil moisture

40-100cm soil moisture

100-200cm soil moisture

0-10cm frozen soil moisture

10-40cm frozen soil moisture

40-100cm frozen soil moisture

100-200cm frozen soil moisture

0-10cm soil temperature

10-40cm soil temperature

40-100cm soil temperature

100-200cm soil temperature

0-200cm soil moisture

0-100cm moisture availability

Midday Albedo

Storm surface runoff

Baseflow-groundwater runoff

Surface roughness length

Surface terrain height

Greenness fraction

SLP, 1000-500 mb Thickness

	CONUS	North America
NAM	X	X
NAMX	X	X
NAM,NAMX	X	X
NAMX-NAM	X	X

Total Precipitation (in)

0-84h

3-h Accumulated Precipitation

	CONUS	North America
NAM	X	X
NAMX	X	X
NAM,NAMX	X	X

24-H Accumulated Precipitation (in)

00-24h	12-36h
24-48h	36-60h
48-72h	60-84h

3-h Convective Precipitation

	CONUS	North America
NAM	X	X
NAMX	X	X
NAM,NAMX	X	X

Total Convective Precipitation (in)

0-84h

3-h Snowfall

	CONUS
NAM	X
NAMX	X
NAM,NAMX	X

Precipitation Type

	CONUS
NAM	X
NAMX	X
NAM,NAMX	X

Visibility (km)

	CONUS	North America
NAM	X	X
NAMX	X	X
NAM,NAMX	X	X

Visibility, Convective Precip Rate,
Lowest Model level rain, snow, cloud water, cloud ice

NAM Loop

NAMX Loop

Percent of Frozen Precip vs Precipitation Type

00h	03h	06h	09h	12h	15h
18h	21h	24h	27h	30h	33h
36h	39h	42h	45h	48h	51h
54h	57h	60h	63h	66h	69h
72h	75h	78h	81h	84h

NAM CONUS Loop

NAMX CONUS Loop

NAM,NAMX Loop

Percent of Frozen Precip vs Instantaneous Precip Rate (mm/h)

00h	03h	06h	09h	12h	15h	18h	21h
24h	27h	30h	33h	36h	39h	42h	45h
48h	51h	54h	57h	60h	63h	66h	69h
72h	75h	78h	81h	84h

Instantaneous Precip Rate (mm/h)

	CONUS	North America
NAM	X	X
NAMX	X	X
NAM,NAMX	X	X

Instantaneous Convective Precip Rate (mm/h)

	CONUS	North America
NAM	X	X
NAMX	X	X

Total Precipitation and Convective Precip Rate (mm/h)

	CONUS	North America
NAM	X	X
NAMX	X	X

Percent of Frozen Precip vs Lowest Model Level Rime Factor vs Precipitation Type

00h	03h	06h	09h	12h	15h	18h	21h
24h	27h	30h	33h	36h	39h	42h	45h
48h	51h	54h	57h	60h	63h	66h	69h
72h	75h	78h	81h	84h

NAM Rime Factor CONUS Loop	NAM Rime Factor N.Am Loop
NAMX Rime Factor CONUS Loop	NAMX Rime Factor N.Am Loop

Total Column-integrated cloud water+rain (mm)

	CONUS	North America
NAM	X	X
NAMX	X	X
NAM,NAMX	X	X

Total Column-integrated cloud ice+snow (mm)

	CONUS	North America
NAM	X	X
NAMX	X	X
NAM,NAMX	X	X

Total Column-integrated condensate (mm)

	CONUS	North America
NAM	X	X
NAMX	X	X
NAM,NAMX	X	X

Total Column-integrated supercooled water (mm)

	CONUS	North America
NAM	X	X
NAMX	X	X
NAM,NAMX	X	X

Total Column-integrated melting ice (mm)

	CONUS	North America
NAM	X	X
NAMX	X	X
NAM,NAMX	X	X

CONUS Total Column-integrated heating rates

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

	Grid-scale heating rate (deg C/sec)	Convective heating rate (deg C/sec)
NAM	X	X
NAMX	X	X
NAM,NAMX	X	X

Total Column-integrated moisture divergence

	CONUS
NAM	X
NAMX	X
NAM,NAMX	X

Base and Top height of supercooled liquid water layer

	Base height	Top height	Both
NAM CONUS	X	X	X
NAMX CONUS	X	X	X
NAM,NAMX CONUS	X	X
NAM N.America	X	X	X
NAMX N.America	X	X	X
NAM,NAMX N.America	X	X

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

NAM N.Am.Loop

NAMX N.Am.Loop

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

NAM N.Am.Loop

NAMX N.Am.Loop

850mb Height and Temperature

	CONUS	North America
NAM	X	X
NAMX	X	X
NAM,NAMX	X	X
NAMX-NAM Temps	X	X

850mb Wind (kt)

	CONUS
NAM	X
NAMX	X
NAM,NAMX	X
NAMX-NAM	X

700mb Temperature

	North America
NAM	X
NAMX	X
NAM,NAMX	X
NAMX-NAM	X

750mb Temperature

	North America
NAM	X
NAMX	X
NAM,NAMX	X
NAMX-NAM	X

700mb Height and Total Column PW

	CONUS	North America
NAM	X	X
NAMX	X	X
NAM,NAMX	X	X
NAMX-NAM PW	X	X

700mb RH, Vertical Velocity

	CONUS	North America
NAM	X	X
NAMX	X	X
NAM,NAMX	X	X
NAMX-NAM RH	X	X

500mb Height and Vorticity

	CONUS	North America
NAM	X	X
NAMX	X	X
NAM,NAMX	X	X
NAMX-NAM	X	X

300mb Height and Wind Speed

	CONUS	North America
NAM	X	X
NAMX	X	X
NAM,NAMX	X	X
NAMX-NAM Wind Speed	X	X

250mb Height and Wind Speed

	CONUS	North America
NAM	X	X
NAMX	X	X
NAM,NAMX	X	X
NAMX-NAM Wind Speed	X	X

250mb Wind

	CONUS
NAM	X
NAMX	X
NAM,NAMX	X
NAMX-NAM	X

250mb Temperature

	CONUS	North America
NAM	X	X
NAMX	X	X
NAM,NAMX	X	X
NAMX-NAM	X	X

300mb Temperature

	CONUS	North America
NAM	X	X
NAMX	X	X
NAM,NAMX	X	X
NAMX-NAM	X	X

500mb Temperature

	CONUS	North America
NAM	X	X
NAMX	X	X
NAM,NAMX	X	X
NAMX-NAM	X	X

50mb Temperature

	North America
NAM	X
NAMX	X
NAM,NAMX	X
NAMX-NAM	X

Total/Convective Cloud Fraction - North America

	Total	Convective
NAM	X	X
NAMX	X	X
NAM,NAMX	X	X

Low/Middle/High Cloud Fraction - North America

	Low	Middle	High
NAM	X	X	X
NAMX	X	X	X
NAM,NAMX	X	X	X

Cloud Top Temperature/Height/Pressure

	Temp	Height	Pressure
NAM CONUS	X	X	X
NAMX CONUS	X	X	X
NAM,NAMX CONUS	X	X	X
NAM N.America	X	X	X
NAMX N.America	X	X	X
NAM,NAMX N.America	X	X	X

Cloud Base Pressure/Height

	Height	Pressure
NAM CONUS	X	X
NAMX CONUS	X	X
NAM,NAMX CONUS	X	X
NAM N.America	X	X
NAMX N.America	X	X
NAM,NAMX N.America	X	X

Cloud Ceiling Height (Kft above surface)

	CONUS	North America
NAM	X	X
NAMX	X	X
NAM,NAMX	X	X

Deep Convective Cloud Top/Bottom Pressure (mb)

	Top Pressure	Bottom Pressure
NAM CONUS	X	X
NAMX CONUS	X	X
NAM,NAMX CONUS	X	X
NAM N.America	X	X
NAMX N.America	X	X
NAM,NAMX N.America	X	X

Total Convective Cloud Top/Bottom Pressure (mb)

	Top Pressure	Bottom Pressure
NAM CONUS	X	X
NAMX CONUS	X	X
NAM,NAMX CONUS	X	X
NAM N.America	X	X
NAMX N.America	X	X
NAM,NAMX N.America	X	X

Grid-Scale Cloud Top/Bottom Pressure (mb)

	Top Pressure	Bottom Pressure
NAM CONUS	X	X
NAMX CONUS	X	X
NAM,NAMX CONUS	X	X
NAM N.America	X	X
NAMX N.America	X	X
NAM,NAMX N.America	X	X

Height of Lowest Freezing Level (10² feet above sea level)

	CONUS
NAM	X
NAMX	X
NAM,NAMX	X

PBL Height

	CONUS	North America
NAM	X	X
NAMX	X	X
NAM,NAMX	X	X

2-M Temperature

	CONUS	North America
NAM	X	X
NAMX	X	X
NAM,NAMX	X	X
NAMX-NAM	X	X

Skin Temperature

	CONUS	North America
NAM	X	X
NAMX	X	X
NAM,NAMX	X	X
NAMX-NAM	X	X

Lowest Model Layer Temperature

	CONUS	North America
NAM	X	X
NAMX	X	X
NAM,NAMX	X	X
NAMX-NAM	X	X

Snow Water Equivalent

	CONUS	North America
NAM	X	X
NAMX	X	X
NAM,NAMX	X	X

Snow Depth (in)

	CONUS
NAM	X
NAMX	X
NAM,NAMX	X

Soil Parameters - North America

	NAM	NAMX	NAM, NAMX
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

	North America
NAM	X
NAMX	X
NAM,NAMX	X

Skin Temp - Lowest Model Layer Temp : North America Loops

	North America
NAM	X
NAMX	X
NAM,NAMX	X

2-m Temp - Skin Temp : North America Loops

	North America
NAM	X
NAMX	X
NAM,NAMX	X

Lowest Boundary Layer Dew Point Temperature (deg C)

	CONUS
NAM	X
NAMX	X
NAM,NAMX	X

2-m Dew Point Temperature (deg C)

	CONUS	North America
NAM	X	X
NAMX	X	X
NAM,NAMX	X	X
NAMX-NAM	X	X

CAPE/CIN/Lifted Index/K-Index - CONUS

	NAM	NAMX	NAM, NAMX
Best CIN	X	X	X
Best Lifted Index	X	X	X
Surface CIN	X	X	X
K-Index	X	X	X

	Best CAPE	Sfc CAPE	Mixed Layer CAPE
NAM	X	X	X
NAMX	X	X	X
NAM,NAMX	X	X	X
NAMX-NAM	X	X	X

Surface Downward Shortwave Flux

	CONUS	North America
NAM	X	X
NAMX	X	X
NAM,NAMX	X	X
NAMX-NAM	X	X

Surface Upward Shortwave Flux

	North America
NAM	X
NAMX	X
NAM,NAMX	X

Surface Downward Longwave Flux

	North America
NAM	X
NAMX	X
NAM,NAMX	X
NAMX-NAM	X

Surface Upward Longwave Flux

	North America
NAM	X
NAMX	X
NAM,NAMX	X

^*Instantaneous Albedo

	North America
NAM	X
NAMX	X
NAM,NAMX	X
NAMX-NAM	X

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

Surface Clear-sky - Downward Shortwave Flux

	North America
NAM	X
NAMX	X
NAM,NAMX	X
NAMX-NAM	X

Net Surface Shortwave Flux

	North America
NAM	X
NAMX	X
NAM,NAMX	X
NAMX-NAM	X

Net Surface Longwave Flux

	North America
NAM	X
NAMX	X
NAM,NAMX	X
NAMX-NAM	X

Net Surface Shortwave+Longwave Flux

	North America
NAM	X
NAMX	X
NAM,NAMX	X
NAMX-NAM	X

Ground Heat Flux

	North America
NAM	X
NAMX	X
NAM,NAMX	X
NAMX-NAM	X

Latent Heat Flux

	North America
NAM	X
NAMX	X
NAM,NAMX	X
NAMX-NAM	X

Sensible Heat Flux

	North America
NAM	X
NAMX	X
NAM,NAMX	X
NAMX-NAM	X

Surface Energy Residual

	CONUS
NAM	X
NAMX	X
NAM,NAMX	X

Potential Evaporation

	North America
NAM	X
NAMX	X
NAM,NAMX	X

Surface Exchange Coefficient

	North America
NAM	X
NAMX	X
NAM,NAMX	X

Lowest Model Layer Q2 (2*TKE)

	North America
NAM	X
NAMX	X
NAM,NAMX	X

2nd Lowest Model Layer Q2 (2*TKE)

	North America
NAM	X
NAMX	X
NAM,NAMX	X

Surface Friction Velocity

	CONUS	North America
NAM	X	X
NAMX	X	X
NAM,NAMX	X	X

Surface Drag Coefficient

	North America
NAM	X
NAMX	X
NAM,NAMX	X

Simulated Radar Reflectivity (dBZ)

	NAM	NAMX	NAM, NAMX
Composite Reflectivity	X	X	X
Lowest Model Level Reflectivity	X	X	X
1 km AGL Reflectivity	X	X	X
All 3 Combined	X	X

Top of Atmosphere Brightness Temperatures

	CONUS	North America	Alaska
Model OLR	NAM NAMX Both	NAM NAMX Both	NAM NAMX Both
NCAR Brightness Temp	NAM NAMX Both	NAM NAMX Both	NAM NAMX Both
Combined	NAM NAMX	NAM NAMX	NAM NAMX

Regional Sfc Fields

NE=Northeast CONUS
SE=Southeast CONUS
NC=North Central CONUS
SC=South Central CONUS
NW=Northwest CONUS
SW=Southwest CONUS
GF=Gulf of Mexico
AK=Alaska
CR=Caribbean Sea/Central America

O=Ops NAM
P=Parallel NAM
C=Combined Ops NAM and Parallel NAM

	NE	SE	NC	SC	NW	SW	GF	AK	CR
SLP	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C
10-m Wind, Surface Height	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C
10-m Wind Isotachs	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C
10-m Wind Gust	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C
Lowest level wind	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C
2-m Temp	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C
2-m Td	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C
3-h Precip	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C
3-h Conv Precip	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C
Precip Type	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C		O P C
Precip Water	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C
Best CAPE	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C
Sfc CAPE	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C
Best CIN	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C
Sfc CIN	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C
Best CAPE,CIN combined	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C
Total Cloud Fraction	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C
Low Cloud Fraction	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C
Middle Cloud Fraction	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C
High Cloud Fraction	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C
Total Column Integrated Condensate	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C
Visibility	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C
Ceiling Hgt	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O P C	O