# Par Nam Descript 1,2,129,130 pres Pressure 2 slpres Sea Level Pressure 3 ptend Pressure tendency 4 pvort Potential vorticity 5 icaht ICAO Stand Atmos height 6 geop Geopotential 7 hght Geopotential Height 8 ht Height 9 stdht Stand Dev of height 10 ozone Total ozone 11 temp Temperature 12 vtemp Virtual temperature 13 theta Potential temperature 14 thetae Equiv potential temp 15 maxt Maximum temperature 16 mint Minimum temperature 17 dewp Dewpoint temperature 18 dewd Dewpoint depression 19 lapse Lapse rate 20 vis Visibility 21 rdsp1 Radar spectra 1 22 rdsp2 Radar spectra 2 23 rdsp3 Radar spectra 3 24 plift Parcel lifted index 25 tempa Temperature anomaly 26 presa Pressure anomaly 27 gpa Geopotential anomaly 28 wvsp1 Wave spectra 1 29 wvsp2 Wave spectra 2 30 wvsp3 Wave spectra 3 31 wdir Wind direction 32 wspd Wind speed 33 uwnd U wind component 34 vwnd V wind component 35 strf Stream function 36 velpot Velocity potential 37 mstrf Montgomery stream func 38 svvel Vertical velocity-sigma 39 vvel Vertical velocity 40 gvvel Vertical velocity-geom 41 avort Abs vorticity 42 adiv Abs divergence 43 rvort Rel vorticity 44 rdiv Rel divergence 45 vushr Vert u-comp shear 46 vvshr Vert v-comp shear 47 curdir Current direction 48 curspd Current speed 49 ucur U current component 50 vcur V current component 51 shum Specific humidity 52 rhum Relative humidity 53 mrat Mixing ratio 54 pwat Precipitable water 55 vpres Vapor pressure 56 satdef Saturation deficit 57 evap Evaporation 58 clice Cloud ice 59 prrate Precipitation rate 60 pot Probability of thunderstorm 61 prec Precipitation amount 62 lprec Large scale prec amount 63 cprec Convective prec amount 64 snwrt Snowfall rate water equiv 65 snwwe Snow depth water equiv 66 snwdp Snow depth 67 mixdp Mixed layer depth 68 tthdp Trans thermocline depth 69 mthdp Main thermocline depth 70 mthan Main thermocline anomaly 71 cldcv Cloud cover 72 ccldcv Convective cloud cover 73 lcldcv Low cloud cover 74 mcldcv Medium cloud cover 75 hcldcv High cloud cover 76 cwat Cloud water 77 blift Best lifted index 78 snwcv Convective snow 79 snwls Large scale snow 80 wtemp Water temperature 81 lsmsk Land-sea mask 82 devsl Dev of sea level 83 rough Roughness 84 alb Albedo 85 stemp Soil temperature 86 smst Soil moisture content 87 veg Vegetation 88 sal Salinity 89 dens Density 90 runoff Water runoff 91 icecn Ice concentration 92 icethk Ice thickness 93 icedir Direction of ice drift 94 icespd Speed of ice drift 95 uice U ice drift comp 96 vice V ice drift comp 97 icegr Ice growth rate 98 icediv Ice divergence 99 snmelt Snow melt 100 wvhgtc Wave height comb 101 wvdirw Wave direction wind 102 wvhgtw Wave height wind 103 wvperw Wave period wind 104 wvdirs Wave direction swell 105 wvhgts Wave height swell 106 wvpers Wave period swell 107 wvdirp Wave direction prim 108 wvperp Wave period prim 109 wvdir2 Wave direction sec 110 wvper2 Wave period sec 111 swsfc Net SW radiation-Sfc 112 lwsfc Net LW radiation-Sfc 113 swtop Net SW radiation-Top 114 lwtop Net LW radiation-Top 115 lwrad LW radiation 116 swrad SW radiation 117 glrad Global radiation 118 brtemp Brightness temp 119 wnrad Radiance-Wav Num 120 wlrad Radiance-Wav Len 121 lheat Latent heat flux 122 sheat Sensible heat flux 123 bldis Boundary lyr dissipation 124 umomf Momentum flux u comp 125 vmomf Momentum flux v comp 126 wmxen Wind mixing energy 127 image Image data 128 press Pressure-Std 129 presm Pressure-MAPS 130 prese Pressure-ETA 131 lift Lifted index 132 lift4 4 lyr lifted index 133 ki K index 134 sweat Sweat index 135 mconv Moisture convergence 136 vsshr Vertical speed shear 138 bvasf Brunt-Vaisala freq 139 pvort Potential vorticity 140 crain Categorical rain 141 cfzrn Categorical freezing rain 142 cicep Categorical ice pellets 143 csnow Categorical snow 144 vsmst Vol. soil moisture cont 145 pevapr Pot. evaporation rate 146 cldwf Cloud workfunction 147 zfgws Zonal flux gravity wave stress 148 mfgws Meridional flux gravity wave stress 149 pvort Potential vorticity 153 clwat Cloud water 154 o3mr Ozone mixing ratio 155 ghtf Ground heat flux 156 cinh Convective inhibition 157 cape CAPE 158 tke Turbulent kenetic energy 159 lcl Lifted cond level 160 csusf Clear sky upward solar flux 161 csdsf Clear sky downward solar flux 162 csulf Clear sky upward longwave flux 163 csdlf Clear sky downward longwave flux 170 rmrat Rain mixing ratio 171 smrat Snow mixing ratio 172 mflux Momentum flux 175 icsev Icing severity 176 icprob Icing probability 185 tpfi Turbulence potential forecast index 190 hel Helicity 191 enspr Ensemble probability 192 enspn Ensemble normal probability 193 pop Probability of precip 194 pofp Probability of frozen precip 195 pozp Probability of freezing precip 196 ustrm U comp storm motion 197 vstrm V comp storm motion 201 icefw Ice free water sfc 202 cwdi Convective weather detection index 204 dsw Downward SW radiation 205 dlw Downward LW radiation 207 mstav Moisture availability 208 exch Exchange coeff 209 nmix Num of mixed layers near sfc 211 usw Upward SW radiation 212 ulw Upward LW radiation 213 ancld Amount of non-conv cloud 214 cprate Convective precip rate 216 ttrnd Temp tend by radiation 221 blht Boundary layer height 222 ht5wav 5 wave geopot height 223 cnwat Plant canopy surface water 225 vegtyp Vegetation type 226 bmxlsc Blackadar mix length scale 228 pevap Pot. evaporation 230 5wavga 5 wave geopotential anomaly 236 sipd Supercooled large drop icing potential 238 snwcov Snow cover 252 cd Drag coefficient 261 show Showalter index 262 tt Total totals index 263 vtot Vertical totals index 264 ctot Cross totals index 265 ei Energy index 266 cap Cap Strength 270 ehi Energy helicity index 271 shear Wind shear 272 pshr Pos comp wind shear 273 nshr Neg comp wind shear 274 dshr Storm rel directional shear 275 bshr Bulk wind shear 276 brn Bulk Richardson number 277 rn Richardson number 280 frz Freezing level 281 wb0 Wet bulb zero 282 ccl Conv cond level 283 convt Convective temperature 284 lfc Level of free convection 285 el Equilibrium level 301 alt Altimeter setting 305 pag Pressure above ground 306 hag Height above ground 307 thick Thickness 308 tlapse Pot temp lapse rate 309 ststab Static stability 310 wetblb Wet bulb temperature 311 thetaw Wet bulb potential temp 312 thetav Virt potential temp 314 extt Extreme temperature 315 nmaxt Normal maximum temperature 316 nmint Normal minimum temperature 317 mrhum Mean relative humidity 320 wchill Wind Chill Temperature 321 wchilf Wind Chill Factor 322 heat Heat Index 323 humit Humiture 326 uwnds Wind stress U comp 327 vwnds Wind stress V comp 329 wgst Wind gusts 330 wind Winds 331 barb Wind barbs 332 vect Wind vectors 333 strm Wind streamlines 334 ugeos U geostrophic wind component 335 vgeos V geostrophic wind component 336 geos Geostrophic winds 337 ageos Ageostrophic winds 338 qvect Q vectors 339 qvconv Q vector convergence 341 tadv Temperature advection 342 madv Moisture advection 343 vadv Vorticity advection 344 padv Pressure advection 350 wx Present weather 351 fr Flight conditions 352 spd Wind speed 360 solar Solar radiation 361 prec3 3hr Precipitation amount 362 prec6 6hr Precipitation amount 363 prec12 12hr Precipitation amount 364 prec24 24hr Precipitation amount 366 snwfl Snowfall accumulation 367 wchill2 Wind Chill2 Temperature 371 cldcl Cloud ceiling 372 lcld Low clouds 373 mcld Middle clouds 374 hcld High clouds 375 icecv Ice cover 380 all All data 381 comp Composite plot 382 cli Climate data 383 city Available cities 384 stat Radar Status 385 depict Weather depiction 390 front Frontal positions 400 sum Radar summary 401 pr_typ Precip type 402 pr_tt Precip type and trend 403 pr_tnd Precip trend 404 etop Echo tops 405 pr_amv Precip area movement 406 pr_cmv Precip cell movement 407 watch Severe weather watches 408 retop Max echo top 409 storm Storms 410 cid Cell ID 411 ctop Cell tops 412 cmvmt Cell movement 413 tvs Tornado vortex sig 414 meso Mesocyclone 415 hail Hail 416 dmaxt Maximum temperature deviation 417 dmint Minimum temperature deviation 418 cstat Cell Status 420 pop6 6hr Probability of precip 421 pop12 12hr Probability of precip 422 pop24 24hr Probability of precip 425 ctstm Categorical thunderstorm 426 pot6 6hr Probability of thunderstorms 427 pot12 12hr Probability of thunderstorms 428 pot24 24hr Probability of thunderstorms 430 post Cond Probability of severe tstorms 431 post6 6hr Cond Probability of severe tstorms 432 post12 12hr Cond Probability of severe tstorms 433 post24 24hr Cond Probability of severe tstorms 438 poh Probability of hail 439 posh Probability of severe hail 440 hsize Hail size 441 snwfl6 6hr Snowfall accumulation 442 snwfl12 12hr Snowfall accumulation 443 snwfl24 24hr Snowfall accumulation 460 frvel Frictional velocity 461 liftpr Parcel initial pressure level 462 rimefac Rime factor 463 brunoff Baseflow ground runoff 464 srunoff Storm surface runoff 465 tcicw Total column-int cloud water 466 tcici Total column-int cloud ice 467 tcir Total column-int rain 468 tcis Total column-int snow 469 tcic Total column-int condensate 470 lvsm Liq vol soil moisture 471 ccldeff Conv cloud efficiency 472 soilt Soil type 473 tstres Transpiration stress-onset 474 devapc Direct evaporation cease 475 spor Soil porosity 476 nslrz Number soil lyrs root zone 477 sslopet Surface slope type 478 sfalbed Snow free albedo 479 cancond Canopy conductance 480 mstmres Min stomatal resistance 481 wiltpt Wilting point 482 spcc Solar param canopy cond 483 tpcc Temperature param canopy cond 484 hpcc Humidity param canopy cond 485 smpcc Soil moist param canopy cond 486 tcslw Total column-int supercool liq water 487 tcimi Total column-int melt ice 488 msnwalb Max Snow albedo 490 rref Radar reflectivity 491 cref Composite radar reflectivity 492 vil Vertically integrated liquid 495 dbzm Maximum dBZ 496 dbzht Maximum dBZ height 497 cdir Cell direction 498 cspd Cell speed 501 diverg Divergence 502 conv Convergence 503 vconv Convergence 504 adv Advection 505 grad Gradient 515 maxt6 6hr Maximum temperature 516 mint6 6hr Minimum temperature 517 maxt12 12hr Maximum temperature 518 mint12 12hr Minimum temperature 519 maxt24 24hr Maximum temperature 520 mint24 24hr Minimum temperature 533 uwndg U wind component grid-rel 534 vwndg V wind component grid-rel 540 wstp Wave steepness 550 dot Dot product 551 cross Cross product 570 lat Latitude 571 lon Longitude 572 mlyrn Model layer number 600 mrhum Mean Relative humidity 601 maxrh Max Relative humidity 602 minrh Min Relative humidity 700 spcflux Snow phase change heat flux 701 tcond Total condensate 702 lrghr Large scale cond heat rate 703 cnvhr Deep convective heat rate 704 swhr Shortwave heat rate 705 lwhr Longwave heat rate 706 mixht Mixing layer depth