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• Sea Level Pressure
• 850 mb Heights, Temperature
• 850 mb Wind
• 700 mb Height, Precipitable Water
• 700 mb Omega, RH
• 500 mb Heights
• 250 mb Heights, Wind Speed
• Thickness Fields
• Accumulated Precipitation vs Stage II/IV Precipitation Analyses
• Total Column-Integrated Condensate
• Total Column-Integrated Cloud Water+Rain
• Total Column-Integrated Cloud Ice+Snow
• Lowest Model Level Rime Factor
• Total Cloud Top Temperature
• Total Cloud Top Pressure
• Total Cloud Bottom Pressure
• Total Convective Cloud Top Pressure
• Total Convective Cloud Bottom Pressure
• Deep Convective Cloud Top Pressure
• Deep Convective Cloud Bottom Pressure
• Grid-scale Cloud Top Pressure
• Grid-scale Cloud Bottom Pressure
• Lowest (0-30 mb above ground) Boundary Layer RH
• East/West CONUS 2-m Temperature
• North/South Eastern US 2-m Temperature
• North/South Central US 2-m Temperature
• North/South Western US 2-m Temperature
• Regional 2-m Temperature Loops
• East/West CONUS 2-m Dew Point Temperature
• North/South Eastern US 2-m Dew Point Temperature
• North/South Central US 2-m Dew Point Temperature
• North/South Western US 2-m Dew Point Temperature
• Regional 2-m Dew Point Temperature Loops
• North/South Eastern US Precip Type/Observed Weather
• North/South Central US Precip Type/Observed Weather
• North/South Western US Precip Type/Observed Weather
• Regional Precipitation Type/Observed Weather Loops
• Regional Percent Frozen Precipitation vs Observed Precipitation Type Loops
• Regional Rime Factor vs Observed Precipitation Type Loops
• Best CAPE/CIN/Lifted Index
• North/South Eastern US 10-m Wind
• North/South Central US 10-m Wind
• North/South Western US 10-m Wind
• Regional 10-m Wind Loops
• New England 2-m Temp/10-m Wind
• Chesapeake Bay/Central California 10-m Wind
• Great Salt Lake/Pacific Northwest 10-m Wind
• Great Lakes 10-m Wind
• Regional 10-m Wind Loops

SLP, 1000-500 mb Thickness

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

	East CONUS	West CONUS
NAM	X	X
NDAS	X	X
NAM,NDAS	X	X
NAM-NDAS	X	X

850mb Height and Temperature

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

	East CONUS	West CONUS
NAM	X	X
NDAS	X	X
NAM,NDAS	X	X
RAOBS	X	X
NAM, RAOBS	X	X
NAM-NDAS Temp	X	X

850mb Wind (kt)

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

	East CONUS	West CONUS
NAM	X	X
NDAS	X	X
RAOBS	X	X
NAM, RAOBS	X	X
NAM,NDAS	X	X
NAM-NDAS	X	X

700 mb Height, Precipitable Water

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

	East CONUS	West CONUS
NAM	X	X
NDAS	X	X
RAOBS	X	X
NAM, RAOBS	X	X
NAM,NDAS	X	X
NAM-NDAS (PW difference)	X	X

700 mb Omega^*, RH

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

	East CONUS	West CONUS
NAM	X	X
NDAS	X	X
RAOBS	X	X
NAM, RAOBS	X	X
NAM,NDAS	X	X
NAM-NDAS	X	X

* NDAS forecast component has 5x more diveregnce damping applied then the NAM free forecast, thus the NDAS vertical motions would be expected to be weaker than those in the NAM forecast

500mb Height and Vorticity

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

	East CONUS	West CONUS
NAM	X	X
NDAS	X	X
RAOBS	X	X
NAM, RAOBS	X	X
NAM,NDAS	X	X
NAM-NDAS	X	X

250mb Height and Wind Speed

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

	East CONUS	West CONUS
NAM	X	X
NDAS	X	X
RAOBS	X	X
NAM, RAOBS	X	X
NAM,NDAS	X	X

Thickness Fields

	1000- 500 mb	1000- 850 mb	850- 700 mb	700- 500 mb
NAM	East West	East West	East West	East West
NDAS	East West	East West	East West	East West
NAM,NDAS	East West	East West	East West	East West
NAM-NDAS	East West	East West	East West	East West

NAM 3-h QPF vs Stage II Precipitation analyses

	East CONUS	West CONUS
NAM	X	X
Stage II	X	X
NAM,Stage II	X	X

NAM 6-h QPF vs Stage IV Precipitation analyses

	East CONUS	West CONUS
NAM	X	X
Stage IV	X	X
NAM,Stage IV	X	X

Total Column-Integrated Condensate

	East CONUS	West CONUS
NAM	X	X
NDAS	X	X
NAM, NDAS	X	X

Total Column-Integrated Cloud Water+Rain

	East CONUS	West CONUS
NAM	X	X
NDAS	X	X
NAM, NDAS	X	X

Total Column-Integrated Cloud Ice+Snow

	East CONUS	West CONUS
NAM	X	X
NDAS	X	X
NAM, NDAS	X	X

Lowest Model Level Rime Factor

	East CONUS	West CONUS
NAM	X	X
NDAS	X	X
NAM, NDAS	X	X

Total Cloud Top Temperatures

	East CONUS	West CONUS
NAM	X	X
NDAS	X	X
NAM, NDAS	X	X

Total Cloud Top Pressure

	East CONUS	West CONUS
NAM	X	X
NDAS	X	X
NAM, NDAS	X	X

Total Cloud Bottom Pressure

	East CONUS	West CONUS
NAM	X	X
NDAS	X	X
NAM, NDAS	X	X

Total Convective Cloud Top Pressure

	East CONUS	West CONUS
NAM	X	X
NDAS	X	X
NAM, NDAS	X	X

Total Convective Cloud Bottom Pressure

	East CONUS	West CONUS
NAM	X	X
NDAS	X	X
NAM, NDAS	X	X

Deep Convective Cloud Bottom Pressure

	East CONUS	West CONUS
NAM	X	X
NDAS	X	X
NAM, NDAS	X	X

Deep Convective Cloud Top Pressure

	East CONUS	West CONUS
NAM	X	X
NDAS	X	X
NAM, NDAS	X	X

Grid-scale Cloud Bottom Pressure

	East CONUS	West CONUS
NAM	X	X
NDAS	X	X
NAM, NDAS	X	X

Grid-scale Cloud Top Pressure

	East CONUS	West CONUS
NAM	X	X
NDAS	X	X
NAM, NDAS	X	X

Lowest Boundary-layer RH

	East CONUS	West CONUS
NAM	X	X
NDAS	X	X
NAM, NDAS	X	X

East/West CONUS 2-M Temperature (deg C)

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

	East CONUS	West CONUS
NAM	X	X
RTMA	X	X
Obs	X	X
NAM,Obs	X	X
NAM,RTMA	X	X
NAM-RTMA	X	X

North/South Eastern US 2-M Temperature (deg C)

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

North/South Central US 2-M Temperature (deg C)

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

North/South Western US 2-M Temperature (deg C)

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

Regional 2-m Temperatures - Loops

	NAM	RTMA	Obs
Northeast	X	X	X
Southeast	X	X	X
North Central	X	X	X
South Central	X	X	X
Northwest	X	X	X
Southwest	X	X	X

	NAM, RTMA	NAM, Obs	NAM-RTMA
Northeast	X	X	X
Southeast	X	X	X
North Central	X	X	X
South Central	X	X	X
Northwest	X	X	X
Southwest	X	X	X

East/West CONUS 2-M Dew Point Temperature (deg C)

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

	East CONUS	West CONUS
NAM	X	X
RTMA	X	X
Obs	X	X
NAM,Obs	X	X
NAM,RTMA	X	X
NAM-RTMA	X	X

North/South Eastern US 2-M Dew Point Temperature (deg C)

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

North/South Central US 2-M Dew Point Temperature (deg C)

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

North/South Western US 2-M Dew Point Temperature (deg C)

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

Regional 2-m Dew Point Temperatures - Loops

	NAM	RTMA	Obs
Northeast	X	X	X
Southeast	X	X	X
North Central	X	X	X
South Central	X	X	X
Northwest	X	X	X
Southwest	X	X	X

	NAM, RTMA	NAM, Obs	NAM-RTMA
Northeast	X	X	X
Southeast	X	X	X
North Central	X	X	X
South Central	X	X	X
Northwest	X	X	X
Southwest	X	X	X

NAM North/South East Precipitation Type,
Observed Weather

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 North/South Central Precipitation Type,
Observed Weather

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 North/South West Precipitation Type,
Observed Weather

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

Regional Precipitation Type vs Observed Weather - Loops

	NAM	Obs	NAM, Obs
Northeast	X	X	X
Southeast	X	X	X
North Central	X	X	X
South Central	X	X	X
Northwest	X	X	X
Southwest	X	X	X

Regional Percent Frozen Precipitation vs Observed Precipitation Type - Loops

	NAM	Obs	NAM, Obs
Northeast	X	X	X
Southeast	X	X	X
North Central	X	X	X
South Central	X	X	X
Northwest	X	X	X
Southwest	X	X	X

Regional Rime Factor vs Observed Precipitation Type - Loops

	NAM	Obs	NAM, Obs
Northeast	X	X	X
Southeast	X	X	X
North Central	X	X	X
South Central	X	X	X
Northwest	X	X	X
Southwest	X	X	X

Best CAPE, CIN (J/kg), Lifted Index (deg C)^*

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 East CONUS	NDAS East CONUS	East CONUS
Best CAPE	X	X	X
Best CIN	X	X	X
Best LI	X	X	X

	NAM West CONUS	NDAS West CONUS	West CONUS
Best CAPE	X	X	X
Best CIN	X	X	X
Best LI	X	X	X

	RAOBS East CONUS	NAM, RAOBS East CONUS
Best CAPE	X	X
Best CIN	X	X
Best LI	X	X

	RAOBS West CONUS	NAM, RAOBS West CONUS
Best CAPE	X	X
Best CIN	X	X
Best LI	X	X

North/South Eastern 10-m Wind (kt)

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

North/South Central 10-m Wind (kt)

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

North/South Western 10-m Wind (kt)

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

Regional 10m Winds - Loops

	NAM	RTMA	Obs
Northeast	X	X	X
Southeast	X	X	X
North Central	X	X	X
South Central	X	X	X
Northwest	X	X	X
Southwest	X	X	X

	NAM, RTMA	NAM, Obs
Northeast	X	X
Southeast	X	X
North Central	X	X
South Central	X	X
Northwest	X	X
Southwest	X	X

New England 10-M Wind (kt), 2-M Temp

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	RTMA	Obs	NAM, RTMA	NAM, Obs
New England 2-m Temp	X	X	X	X	X
New England 10-m Wind	X	X	X	X	X

Chesapeake Bay, Central California 10-M Wind (kt)

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

Great Salt Lake, Pacific Northwest 10-M Wind (kt)

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

Great Lakes 10-M Wind (kt)

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

Regional 10-m Winds - Loops

	NAM	RTMA	Obs	NAM, RTMA	NAM, Obs
Chesapeake Bay	X	X	X	X	X
Lake Erie/Ontario	X	X	X	X	X
Lake Michigan	X	X	X	X	X
Lake Superior	X	X	X	X	X
Great Salt Lake	X	X	X	X	X
Pacific Northwest	X	X	X	X	X
Central California Coast	X	X	X	X	X