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Soil/Surface Parameters
SLP, 1000-500 mb Thickness
Total Precipitation (in)
3-H Accumulated Precipitation (in), SLP
24-H Accumulated Precipitation (in)
3-H Accumulated Convective Precipitation (in)
3-H Accumulated Snowfall (in; see note at the bottom)
Total Convective Precipitation (in)
Precipitation Type
Visibility (km)
Visibility, Convective Precip Rate,
Lowest Model level rain, snow, cloud water, cloud ice
Percent of Frozen Precip vs Precipitation Type
Percent of Frozen Precip vs Instantaneous Precip Rate (mm/h)
Instantaneous Precip Rate (mm/h)
Instantaneous Convective Precip Rate (mm/h)
Total Precipitation and Convective Precip Rate (mm/h)
Percent of Frozen Precip vs Lowest Model Level
Rime Factor vs Precipitation Type
Total Column-integrated cloud water+rain (mm)
Total Column-integrated cloud ice+snow (mm)
Total Column-integrated condensate (mm)
Total Column-integrated supercooled water and melting ice (mm)
Average column heating rates
Total Column-integrated moisture divergence
Base and Top height of supercooled liquid water layer
700 mb - 950 mb Rime Factor, snow mixing ratio,
rain mixing ratio, and cloud water mixing ratio
50 mb - 600 mb Rime Factor, snow mixing ratio,
cloud ice mixing ratio, and cloud water mixing ratio
850mb Height and Temperature
850mb Wind (kt)
700mb Temperature
700mb Height and Total Column PW
700mb RH, Vertical Velocity
500mb Height and Vorticity
300mb Height and Wind Speed
250mb Height and Wind Speed
250mb Wind
250mb Temperature
300mb Temperature
50mb Temperature
Dynamic Tropopause : Pressure and Potential Temperature on PV=1.5 level
Total Cloud Fraction - North America
Convective Cloud Fraction - North America
High Cloud Fraction - North America
Middle Cloud Fraction - North America
Low Cloud Fraction - North America
Cloud Top Temperature
Cloud Top Height
Cloud Top Pressure
Cloud Base Pressure
Cloud Base Height
Cloud Ceiling Height (in Kft above surface)
Deep Convective Cloud Top Pressure (mb)
Deep Convective Cloud Bottom Pressure (mb)
Total Convective Cloud Top Pressure (mb)
Total Convective Cloud Bottom Pressure (mb)
Grid-Scale Cloud Top Pressure (mb)
Grid-Scale Cloud Bottom Pressure (mb)
Height of Lowest Freezing Level (102 feet above sea level)
PBL Height (Based on TKE)
PBL Height (Based on Richardson number)
2-M Temperature
Skin Temperature
Lowest Model Layer Temperature
Snow Water Equivalent
Snow Depth (in) - CONUS
0-10 cm Soil Temperature - North America
0-10 cm Soil Moisture - North America
0-10 cm Frozen Soil Moisture - North America
10-40 cm Soil Temperature - North America
10-40 cm Soil Moisture - North America
10-40 cm Frozen Soil Moisture - North America
0-100 cm Soil Moisture Availability - North America
Skin Temp - 1st Layer Soil Temp : North America
Skin Temp - Lowest Model Layer Temp : North America
2-m Temp - Skin Temp : North America
Lowest Boundary Layer Dew Point Temperature (deg C)
2-m Dew Point Temperature (deg C)
Best CAPE
Best CIN
Best Lifted Index
K Index
Surface-based CAPE
Surface-based CIN
60-90 mb AGL Potential Temperature
60-90 mb AGL Equivalent Potential Temperature
Mixed Layer CAPE
Mixed Layer CIN
Surface Downward Shortwave Flux
Surface Upward Shortwave Flux
Surface Downward Longwave Flux
Surface Upward Longwave Flux
*Instantaneous Albedo
* ( UpSWFsfc / DownSWFsfc ) * 100, where
UpSWF=Instantaneous sfc upward shortwave flux
DownSWF=Instantaneous sfc downward shortwave flux
Surface Clear-sky - Downward Shortwave Flux
Net Surface Shortwave Flux
Net Surface Longwave Flux
Net Surface Shortwave+Longwave Flux
Ground Heat Flux
Latent Heat Flux
Sensible Heat Flux
Surface Energy Residual
Potential Evaporation
Surface Exchange Coefficient
Lowest Model Layer Q2 (2*TKE)
2nd Lowest Model Layer Q2 (2*TKE)
Surface Friction Velocity
Surface Drag Coefficient
CONUS Simulated Radar Reflectivity (dBZ)
Great Lakes Simulated Radar Reflectivity (dBZ)
Top of Atmosphere Brightness Temperatures - (CONUS)
Top of Atmosphere Brightness Temperatures - (North America)
Top of Atmosphere Brightness Temperatures - (North Pacific)
Top of Atmosphere Brightness Temperatures - (Alaska)
Simulated GOES Brightness Temperatures
Channel 2 => 3.9 micron "shortwave infrared channel" (infrared emission only)
Channel 3 => 6.7 micron "water vapor channel"
Channel 4 => 10.7 micron "window channel"
Channel 5 => 12.0 micron "window channel" but with a different sensitivity to low-level moisture
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CH 2 |
CH 3 |
CH 4 |
CH 5 |
CONUS |
X |
X |
X |
X |
N.America |
X |
X |
X |
X |
N.Pacific |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Alaska Region |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Tropical Atlantic |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Central Pacific / Hawaii |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Northeast CONUS |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Southeast CONUS |
X |
X |
X |
X |
North Central CONUS |
X |
X |
X |
X |
South Central CONUS |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Northwest CONUS |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Southwest CONUS |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Simulated GOES Brightness Temperatures and Simulated Radar Reflectivity
Channel 2 => 3.9 micron "shortwave infrared channel"
Channel 3 => 6.7 micron "water vapor channel"
Channel 4 => 10.7 micron "window channel"
Channel 5 => 12.0 micron "window channel" but with a different sensitivity to low-level moisture
Full CONUS plot : Composite Reflectivity & GOES brightness temperature
Regional CONUS : 1 km AGL Reflectivity & GOES brightness temperature
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CH 2 |
CH 3 |
CH 4 |
CH 5 |
CONUS |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Northeast CONUS |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Southeast CONUS |
X |
X |
X |
X |
North Central CONUS |
X |
X |
X |
X |
South Central CONUS |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Northwest CONUS |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Southwest CONUS |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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
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NE |
SE |
NC |
SC |
NW |
SW |
GF |
AK |
SLP, 3-h Accumulated Precip |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
10-m Wind, Sfc Height |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
10-m Wind, Isotachs |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
10-m Wind Gust |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Lowest level wind |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
X |
Lowest level wind, isotachs |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
X |
2-m Temp |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
2-m Td |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
3-h Precip |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
3-h Conv Precip |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Precip Type |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
X |
Percent of Frozen Precipitation |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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|
Lowest Model Level Rime Factor |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
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Precip Water |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Best (4-layer) CAPE |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Surface-based CAPE |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Best (4-layer) CIN |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Surface-based CIN |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Best CAPE,CIN Combined |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Total Cloud Fraction |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Low Cloud Fraction |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
Middle Cloud Fraction |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
High Cloud Fraction |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Total Column Integrated Condensate |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Visibility |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Ceiling Hgt |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Composite Radar Reflectivity |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Radar Echo Top Height (Kft) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Mean 150 mb AGL RH, Wind |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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3-h Accum Snow (in, see note at the bottom)) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
Snow Depth (in) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
Snow Depth from F00 (in) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
Ice accretion (mm) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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|
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NE |
SE |
NC |
SC |
NW |
SW |
GF |
AK |
|
NE |
SE |
NC |
SC |
NW |
SW |
00-24 H Accum Precip |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
12-36 H Accum Precip |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
24-48 H Accum Precip |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
36-60 H Accum Precip |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
48-72 H Accum Precip |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
60-84 H Accum Precip |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
84-H Accum Precip |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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NE |
SE |
NC |
SC |
NW |
SW |
Regional Sfc Fields - Fire Weather
NE=Northeast CONUS
SE=Southeast CONUS
NC=North Central CONUS
SC=South Central CONUS
NW=Northwest CONUS
SW=Southwest CONUS
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NE |
SE |
NC |
SC |
NW |
SW |
Haines Index |
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
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Ventilation Rate |
X
|
X
|
X
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X
|
X
|
X
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Transport Wind |
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
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X
|
X
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PBL Height (Based on TKE) |
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
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PBL Height (Based on Richardson Number) |
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
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1-h Minimum Relative Humidity |
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
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X
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X
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NE |
SE |
NC |
SC |
NW |
SW |
New England 10-M Wind (kt), 2-M Temp
Chesapeake Bay 10-M Wind (kt)
Central California Coast 10-M Wind (kt)
Great Salt Lake, Pacific Northwest 10-M Wind (kt)
Great Lakes 10-M Wind (kt)
North/East/Central Pacific, Hawaii, Tropical Atlantic plots
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Hawaii/ Central Pacific |
North Pacific/ East Pacific |
Tropical Atlantic |
SLP |
X
| X
| X
3-h Precip,SLP |
X
| X
| X
|
3-h Conv Precip |
X
| X
| X
|
Precipitable Water |
X
| X
| X
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10-m Wind |
X
| X
| X
|
850 mb Wind, Isotachs |
X
| X
| X
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850 mb Wind, Streamlines |
X
| X
| X
|
850 mb RH |
X
| X
| X
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700 mb RH, Omega |
X
| X
| X
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500 mb Height, Vorticity |
X
| X
| X
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250 mb Height, Wind Speed |
X
| X
| X
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250 mb Wind, Streamlines |
X
| X
| X
|
850-200 mb Wind Shear, 200 mb Streamlines |
X
| X
| X
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Model OLR Brightness Temp |
X
| X
| X
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NCAR Brightness Temp |
X
| X
| X
|
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Additional Hawaii Fields
Alaska/North Atlantic Region plots
|
Alaska |
North Atlantic |
SLP |
X
| X
3-h Precip, SLP |
X
| X
|
3-h Conv Precip |
X
| X
|
Precipitable Water |
X
| X
|
10-m Wind |
X
| X
|
850 mb Wind, Isotachs |
X
| X
|
850 mb RH |
X
| X
|
700 mb RH, Omega |
X
| X
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500 mb Height, Vorticity |
X
| X
|
250 mb Height, Wind Speed |
X
| X
|
Model OLR Brightness Temp |
X
| X
|
NCAR Brightness Temp |
X
| X
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Best CAPE |
X
| X
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Instant Precip Rate |
X
| X
|
Instant Convective Precip Rate |
X
| X
|
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Full Domain Height/Temp/Q/Wind/SLP plots
Regional Sfc Fields - Caribbean Sea
NOTE: As of 3/31/2017, The 3-h accumulated snowfall displayed on this web page is computed using
the following formula for snow liquid ratio (SLR)
SLR=MIN(SLRmax., MAX(1, 20./RF) )
where RF is the Rime Factor, and SLRMAX=10