Meteorology Subset

File type abbreviation: met

The meteorology subset category contains variables extracted from the raw wrfout files related to the meteorological state. The data are on the raw model levels listed in Table 20.

Table 26 Variables in the meteorology subset files

Variable Name

Description

HGT

terrain height

HAMSL

level height above mean sea level

MUTOT

dry air mass in column

P_HYD

hydrostatic pressure

PRESSURE

pressure

ALT

inverse density

TEMPERATURE

temperature

THETA

potential temperature

THETA_E

equivalent potential temperature

QVAPOR

water vapor mixing ratio

RH

relative humidity with respect to water

UA

destaggred U-wind component

VA

destaggered V-wind component

WA

destaggered vertical velocity

UMET

earth-relative westerly wind component

VMET

earth-relative southerly wind component

POTVORT

potential vorticity

PSFC

surface pressure

SLP

sea-level pressure

Q2

2-m water vapor mixing ratio

T2

2-m temperature

TH2

2-m potential temperature

U10

10-m U-wind component

V10

10-m V-wind component

UMET10

10-m earth-relative westerly wind component

VMET10

10-m earth-relative southerly wind component

SHEAR_MAG_SFC-TO-1KM

magnitude of shear from surface to 1-km AGL

SHEAR_DIR_SFC-TO-1KM

direction of shear from surface to 1-km AGL

SHEAR_MAG_SFC-TO-3KM

magnitude of shear from surface to 3-km AGL

SHEAR_DIR_SFC-TO-3KM

direction of shear from surface to 3-km AGL

SHEAR_MAG_SFC-TO-6KM

magnitude of shear from surface to 6-km AGL

SHEAR_DIR_SFC-TO-6KM

direction of shear from surface to 6-km AGL

SHEAR_MAG_SFC-TO-9KM

magnitude of shear from surface to 9-km AGL

SHEAR_DIR_SFC-TO-9KM

direction of shear from surface to 9-km AGL

RAINC

accumulated convective surface precipitation (D1 only)

RAINNC

accumulated non-convective surface precipitation

SNOWNC

accumulated surface snow

GRAUPELNC

accumulated surface graupel

SR

fraction of frozen precipitation

MLLCL

mixed-layer lifting condensation level

MLLFC

mixed-layer level of free convection

MLLNB

mixed-layer level of neutral buoyancy

MLLPL

mixed-layer lifted parcel level

MLCAPE

mixed-layer convective available potential energy

MLCIN

mixed-layer convective inhibition

MULCL

most-unstable lifting condensation level

MULFC

most-unstable level of free convection

MULNB

most-unstable level of neutral buoyancy

MULPL

most-unstable lifted parcel level

MUCAPE

most-unstable convective available potential energy

MUCIN

most-unstable convective inhibition

REFL_10CM_MAX

column-maximum radar reflectivity, λ=10 cm