https://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/docs/on388/table2.html MSLSA Mean sea level pressure (Std Atm) Pa MSLET Mean sea level pressure (ETA model) Pa LFTX Surface lifted index K 4LFTX Best (4-layer) lifted index K PRESN Pressure (nearest grid point) Pa MCONV Horizontal moisture divergence kg/kg/s VWSH Vertical speed shear l/s LTNGSD Lightning Strike Density m-2 s-1 PVMWW Potential vorticity (mass-weighted) 1/s/m CRAIN Categorical rain [yes=1; no=0] CFRZR Categorical freezing rain [yes=1; no=0] CICEP Categorical ice pellets [yes=1; no=0] CSNOW Categorical snow [yes=1; no=0] SOILW Volumetric soil moisture (frozen + liquid) fraction PEVPR Potential evaporation rate W/m2 VEGT Vegetation canopy temperature K BARET Bare soil surface skin temperature K AVSFT Average surface skin temperature K RADT Effective radiative skin temperature K SSTOR Surface water storage kg/m2 LSOIL Liquid soil moisture content (non-frozen) kg/m2 EWATR Open water evaporation (standing water) W/m2 CLWMR Cloud water kg/kg GFLUX Ground Heat Flux W/m2 CIN Convective inhibition J/kg CAPE Convective available potential energy J/kg TKE Turbulent Kinetic Energy J/kg MXSALB Maximum snow albedo % SOILL Liquid volumetric soil moisture (non-frozen) fraction ASNOW Frozen precipitation (e.g. snowfall) kg/m2 ARAIN Liquid precipitation (rainfall) kg/m2 GWREC Groundwater recharge kg/m2 QREC Flood plain recharge kg/m2 SNOWT Snow temperature, depth-avg K VBDSF Visible beam downward solar flux W/m2 VDDSF Visible diffuse downward solar flux W/m2 NBDSF Near IR beam downward solar flux W/m2 NDDSF Near IR diffuse downward solar flux W/m2 SNFALB Snow-free albedo % RLYRS Number of soil layers in root zone non-dim M FLX Momentum flux N/m2 LMH Mass point model surface non-dim LMV Velocity point model surface non-dim MLYNO Model layer number (from bottom up) non-dim NLAT Latitude (-90 to +90) deg ELON East longitude (0-360) deg ICMR Ice mixing ratio kg/kg ACOND Aerodynamic conductance m/s SNOAG Snow age s CCOND Canopy conductance m/s LAI Leaf area index (0-9) non-dim SFCRH Roughness length for heat m SALBD Snow albedo (over snow cover area only) % NDVI Normalized Difference Vegetation Index non-dim DRIP Rate of water dropping from canopy to gnd kg/m2 LANDN Land-sea coverage (nearest neighbor) [land=1, sea=0] non-dim HLCY Storm relative helicity m2/s2 NLATN Latitude (nearest neighbor) (-90 to +90) deg ELONN East longitude (nearest neighbor) (0-360) deg APTMP Apparent Temperature K CPOFP Prob. of frozen precipitation % USTM u-component of storm motion m/s VSTM v-component of storm motion m/s SBSNO Sublimation (evaporation from snow) W/m2 EVBS Direct evaporation from bare soil W/m2 EVCW Canopy water evaporation W/m2 APCPN Total precipitation (nearest grid point) kg/m2 RSMIN Minimal stomatal resistance s/m DSWRF Downward shortwave radiation flux W/m2 DLWRF Downward longwave radiation flux W/m2 ACPCPN Convective precipitation (nearest grid point) kg/m2 MSTAV Moisture availability % SFEXC Exchange coefficient (kg/m3)(m/s) TRANS Transpiration W/m2 USWRF Upward short wave radiation flux W/m2 ULWRF Upward long wave radiation flux W/m2 CDLYR Non -convective cloud % CPRAT Convective precip. rate kg/m2/s TTRAD Temperature tendency by all radiation K/s HGTN Geopotential Height (nearest grid point) gpm WILT Wilting point fraction FLDCP Field Capacity fraction HPBL Planetary boundary layer height m SLTYP Surface slope type index CNWAT Plant canopy surface water kg/m2 SOTYP Soil type index VGTYP Vegetation type index BMIXL Blackadars mixing length scale m AMIXL Asymptotic mixing length scale m PEVAP Potential evaporation kg/m2 SNOHF Snow phase-change heat flux W/m2 SMREF Transpiration stress-onset (soil moisture) fraction SMDRY Direct evaporation cease (soil moisture) fraction WVINC water vapor added by precip assimilation kg/m2 WCINC water condensate added by precip assimilation kg/m2 BGRUN Subsurface runoff (baseflow) kg/m2 SSRUN Surface runoff (non-infiltrating) kg/m2 WVCONV Water vapor flux convergence (vertical int) kg/m2 SNOWC Snow cover % SNOT Snow temperature K POROS Soil porosity fraction WCCONV Water condensate flux convergence (vertical int) kg/m2 WVUFLX Water vapor zonal flux (vertical int) kg/m WVVFLX Water vapor meridional flux (vertical int) kg/m WCUFLX Water condensate zonal flux (vertical int) kg/m WCVFLX Water condensate meridional flux (vertical int) kg/m RCS Solar parameter in canopy conductance fraction RCT Temperature parameter in canopy conductance fraction RCQ Humidity parameter in canopy conductance fraction RCSOL Soil moisture parameter in canopy conductance fraction SWHR Solar radiative heating rate K/s LWHR Longwave radiative heating rate K/s CD Surface drag coefficient non-dim FRICV Surface friction velocity m/s RI Richardson number non-dim Missing