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1) CONUS REGION
Sea Level pressure
3-h Accum precip (in), SLP
3-h Accum convective precip(in)
3-h Accum snowfall (in)
Precipitation Type
Visibility
Precip rate
Convective precip rate
Total/convective precip rate combined
Percent Frozen Precip
Lowest Model Level Rime Factor
2-m Temperature
Lowest Model Level Temperature
Snow water equivalent
Snow Depth
Lowest BL Dew Point T
2-m Dew Point Temp
Best (4-layer) CAPE
Best (4-layer) CIN
Mixed-layer CAPE
Mixed-layer CIN
Best (4-layer) Lifted Index
Surface-based CAPE
Surface-based CIN
K-Index
30-60 mb AGL Potential T
30-60 mb AGL Equiv Potential T
850 mb Heights, Temp
850 mb Wind
700 mb Heights, Precipitable Water
700 mb RH, Omega
500 mb Heights, Vorticity
300 mb Heights, Wind Speed
300 mb Temperature
250 mb Heights, Wind Speed
250 mb Temperature
Height of Lowest Freezing Lvl
PBL Height (Based on TKE)
PBL Height (Based on Richardson number)
Cloud Top Temp
Cloud Top Height
Cloud Top Pressure
Cloud Base Pressure
Cloud Base Height
Cloud Ceiling Height (Kft)
Deep Conv Cloud Top P
Deep Conv Cloud Bottom P
Total Conv Cloud Top P
Total Conv Cloud Bottom P
Grid-scale Cloud Top P
Grid-scale Cloud Bottom P
Tot column cloud water+rain
Tot column cloud ice+snow
Tot column condensate
Tot column supercooled water+melting ice
Base height of supercooled liquid water layer
Top height of supercooled liquid water layer
Skin Temperature
Sfc Downward Shortwave Flux
Sfc Friction Velocity
Simulated Composite Radar Reflectivity
Simulated Lowest Mdl Layer Radar Reflectivity
Simulated 1 km AGL Radar Reflectivity
All 3 Radar Reflectivities Combined
Radar Echo Top Height
Avg Column Shortwave Heating Rate (deg C/hr)
Avg Column Longwave Heating Rate (deg C/hr)
Avg Column Grid-scale Heating Rate (deg C/hr)
Avg Column Convective Heating Rate (deg C/hr)
Top of Atmosphere Brightness Temp (OLR)
Top of Atmosphere Brightness Temp (NCAR)
OLR and NCAR Brightness Temp Combined
1b) Percent of Frozen Precip vs Precipitation Type
Forecast Hour
00-h
03-h
06-h
09-h
12-h
15-h
18-h
21-h
24-h
27-h
30-h
33-h
36-h
39-h
42-h
45-h
48-h
51-h
54-h
57-h
60-h
63-h
66-h
69-h
72-h
75-h
78-h
81-h
84-h
1c) Percent of Frozen Precip vs Instantaneous Precip Rate (mm/h)
Forecast Hour
00-h
03-h
06-h
09-h
12-h
15-h
18-h
21-h
24-h
27-h
30-h
33-h
36-h
39-h
42-h
45-h
48-h
51-h
54-h
57-h
60-h
63-h
66-h
69-h
72-h
75-h
78-h
81-h
84-h
1d) 24-h and 84-h Accumulated Precipitation
Forecast Hour
00-24 h
12-36 h
24-48 h
36-60 h
48-72 h
60-84 h
0-84 h (Total Precip)
0-84 h (Total Conv Precip)
Northeast CONUS 00-24 h
Northeast CONUS 12-36 h
Northeast CONUS 24-48 h
Northeast CONUS 36-60 h
Northeast CONUS 48-72 h
Northeast CONUS 60-84 h
Northeast CONUS 0-84 h
Southeast CONUS 00-24 h
Southeast CONUS 12-36 h
Southeast CONUS 24-48 h
Southeast CONUS 36-60 h
Southeast CONUS 48-72 h
Southeast CONUS 60-84 h
Southeast CONUS 0-84 h
North Central CONUS 00-24 h
North Central CONUS 12-36 h
North Central CONUS 24-48 h
North Central CONUS 36-60 h
North Central CONUS 48-72 h
North Central CONUS 60-84 h
North Central CONUS 0-84 h
South Central CONUS 00-24 h
South Central CONUS 12-36 h
South Central CONUS 24-48 h
South Central CONUS 36-60 h
South Central CONUS 48-72 h
South Central CONUS 60-84 h
South Central CONUS 0-84 h
Northwest CONUS 00-24 h
Northwest CONUS 12-36 h
Northwest CONUS 24-48 h
Northwest CONUS 36-60 h
Northwest CONUS 48-72 h
Northwest CONUS 60-84 h
Northwest CONUS 0-84 h
Southwest CONUS 00-24 h
Southwest CONUS 12-36 h
Southwest CONUS 24-48 h
Southwest CONUS 36-60 h
Southwest CONUS 48-72 h
Southwest CONUS 60-84 h
Southwest CONUS 0-84 h
2) NORTH AMERICA REGION
Sea Level pressure
3-h Accum precip (in), SLP
3-h Accum convective precip(in)
Visibility
Visibility Components
Precip rate
Convective precip rate
Total/convective precip rate combined
Lowest Model Level Rime Factor
2-m Temperature
Lowest Model Level Temperature
Snow water equivalent
2-m Dew Point Temp
850 mb Heights, Temp
700 mb Heights, Precipitable Water
700 mb RH, Omega
500 mb Heights, Vorticity
300 mb Heights, Wind Speed
300 mb Temperature
250 mb Heights, Wind Speed
250 mb Temperature
50 mb Temperature
Pressure on PV=1.5 Surface
Potential Temperature on PV=1.5 Surface
PBL Height (Based on TKE)
PBL Height (Based on Richardson number)
Total Cloud Fraction
Total Convective Cloud Fraction
Low Cloud Fraction
Middle Cloud Fraction
High Cloud Fraction
Cloud Top Temp
Cloud Top Height
Cloud Top Pressure
Cloud Base Pressure
Cloud Base Height
Cloud Ceiling Height (Kft)
Deep Conv Cloud Top P
Deep Conv Cloud Bottom P
Total Conv Cloud Top P
Total Conv Cloud Bottom P
Grid-scale Cloud Top P
Grid-scale Cloud Bottom P
Tot column cloud water+rain
Tot column cloud ice+snow
Tot column condensate
Tot column supercooled water+melting ice
Base height of supercooled liquid water layer
Top height of supercooled liquid water layer
700-950mb Rime Factor,snow/rain/cloud water
50-600mb Rime Factor,snow/rain/cloud water
Skin Temperature
0-10 cm Soil Temp
10-40 cm Soil Temp
0-10 cm Soil Moisture
10-40 cm Soil Moisture
0-10 cm Frozen Soil Moisture
10-40 cm Frozen Soil Moisture
0-100 cm Soil Moisture Availability
Skin temp - 1st Layer Soil Temp
Skin temp - Lowest model Layer Temp
Sfc Downward Shortwave Flux
Sfc Downward Longwave Flux
Sfc Upward Shortwave Flux
Sfc Upward Longwave Flux
Instantaneous Albedo
Surface clear-sky Downward SW Flux
Net Sfc Shortwave Flux
Net Sfc Longwave Flux
Net Sfc Shortwave+Longwave Flux
Ground Heat Flux
Latent Heat Flux
Sensible Heat Flux
Surface Energy Residual (CONUS only)
Potential Evaporation
Sfc Exchange Coefficient
Lowest Level Q2 (2*TKE)
2nd Lowest Level Q2 (2*TKE)
Sfc Friction Velocity
Sfc Drag Coefficient
Top of Atmosphere Brightness Temp (OLR)
Top of Atmosphere Brightness Temp (NCAR)
OLR and NCAR Brightness Temp Combined
3) SIMULATED GOES BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES
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
Region
CONUS
North America
North Pacific
Alaska
Tropical Atlantic
Central Pacific/Hawaii
Northeast CONUS
Southeast CONUS
North Central CONUS
South Central CONUS
Northwest CONUS
Southwest CONUS
Channel
Channel 2
Channel 3
Channel 4
Channel 5
4) SIMULATED GOES BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES AND RADAR REFLECTIVITY
Full CONUS plot : Composite Reflectivity & GOES brightness temperature
Regional CONUS : 1 km AGL Reflectivity & GOES brightness temperature
Region
CONUS
Northeast CONUS
Southeast CONUS
North Central CONUS
South Central CONUS
Northwest CONUS
Southwest CONUS
Channel
Channel 2
Channel 3
Channel 4
Channel 5
5) REGIONAL SURFACE FIELDS
Region
Northeast CONUS
Southeast CONUS
North Central CONUS
South Central CONUS
Northwest CONUS
Southwest CONUS
Gulf of Mexico
Alaska
Field
Sea Level Pressure, 3-h Accumulated Precip
10-m Wind, Sfc Height
10-m Wind, Isotachs
10-m Wind Gust
Lowest Model Level Wind, Sfc Height (CONUS/Alaska only)
Lowest Model Level Wind, Isotachs (CONUS/Alaska only)
Shelter Temperature
Shelter Dew Point Temperature
3-h Accumulated Precip
3-h Accumulated Convective Precip
Precipitation Type (CONUS and Alaska)
Percent of Frozen Precipitation (CONUS only)
Precipitable Water
Best (4-layer) CAPE
Surface-based CAPE
Best (4-layer) CIN
Surface-based CIN
Best CAPE,CIN Combined (CONUS/GMex)
Total Cloud Fraction
Low Cloud Fraction (CONUS/GMex)
Middle Cloud Fraction (CONUS/GMex)
High Cloud Fraction (CONUS/GMex)
Total Column-Integrated Condensate
Visibility
Ceiling Height
Composite Radar Reflectivity
Radar Echo Top Height (CONUS)
Mean 150 mb AGL RH,Wind (CONUS)
3-h Accumulated Snow (in, CONUS)
Snow Depth (in, CONUS)
Ice Accretion (mm, CONUS)
5a) REGIONAL SURFACE FIELDS : CARIBBEAN SEA
Sea Level Pressure, 3-h Accumulated Precip
10-m Wind, Surface Height
10-m Wind, isotachs
Shelter Temperature
Shelter Dew Point Temperature
3-h Accumulated Precip
3-h Accumulated Convective Precip
Precipitable Water
Total Column-Integrated Condensate
Visibility
Ceiling Height
5b) REGIONAL SURFACE FIELDS : HAWAII
3-h Accumulated Precip
10-m Wind, Surface Height
10-m Wind, isotachs
Simulated Composite Radar Reflectivity
Simulated Lowest Mdl Level Radar Reflectivity
Shelter Temperature
Shelter Dew Point Temperature
Shelter Temp/Dew Point Temperature
5c) SPECIAL REGIONAL SURFACE FIELDS
Great Lakes Composite Reflectivity
Great Lakes Lowest Model Level Reflectivity
Great Lakes 1km AGL Reflectivity
Great Lakes All 3 Reflectivities
New England 10-m Wind
New England Shelter Temperature
Chesapeake Bay 10-m Wind
Central California Coast 10-m Wind
Great Salt Lake 10-m Wind
Pacific Northwest 10-m Wind
Lake Erie/Ontario 10-m Wind
Lake Michigan 10-m Wind
Lake Superior 10-m Wind
6) TROPICAL REGION PLOTS : CENTRAL PACIFIC/HAWAII, NORTH/EAST PACIFIC, TROPICAL ATLANTIC
Region
Hawaii/Central Pacific
North/Eastern Pacific
Tropical Atlantic
Field
Sea Level Pressure
3-h Accumulated Precip, SLP
3-h Accumulated Convective Precip
Precipitable Water
10-m Wind
850 mb Wind
850 mb Wind, Streamlines
850 mb RH
700 mb RH, Vertical Velocity
500 mb Height, Vorticity
250 mb Height, Wind Speed
250 mb Wind, Streamlines
850-200 mb Wind Shear, 200 mb Streamlines
Model OLR Brightness Temperature
NCAR Brightness Temperature
7) REGIONAL PLOTS : ALASKA, NORTH ATLANTIC
Region
Alaska
North Atlantic
Field
Sea Level Pressure
3-h Accumulated Precip, SLP
3-h Accumulated Convective Precip
Precipitable Water
10-m Wind
850 mb Wind
850 mb RH
700 mb RH, Vertical Velocity
500 mb Height, Vorticity
250 mb Height, Wind Speed
Model OLR Brightness Temperature
NCAR Brightness Temperature
Best CAPE
Instantaneous Total Precip Rate
Instantaneous Convective Precip Rate
8) 00-H SOIL/SURFACE PARAMETERS
Snow cover (snow water equivalent)
Sea Surface Temperature
Sea Ice Coverage
0-10 cm Soil Moisture
10-40 cm Soil Moisture
40-100 cm Soil Moisture
100-200 cm Soil Moisture
0-10 cm Frozen Soil Moisture
10-40 cm Frozen Soil Moisture
40-100 cm Frozen Soil Moisture
100-200 cm Frozen Soil Moisture
0-10 cm Soil Temperature
10-40 cm Soil Temperature
40-100 cm Soil Temperature
100-200 cm Soil Temperature
0-200 cm Soil Moisture
0-100 cm Soil Moisture Availability
Midday Albedo
Storm Surface Runoff
Baseflow-groundwater Runoff
Surface Roughness Length
Surface Terrian Height
Greenness Fraction
9) FULL DOMAIN HEIGHT/TEMP/Q/WIND/SLP FIELDS
Model
NAM
Variable
Height
Temperature
Specific Humidity
Wind
SLP
Level
1000 mb
850 mb
500 mb
250 mb
100 mb
50 mb
20 mb
SLP