HRRR Grib2 Tables

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Record Number	Short Name	Full Name	Level	Forecast Period	Units
1	REFC	Composite reflectivity	entire atmosphere	File fxx	dB
2	RETOP	Echo Top	cloud top	File fxx	m
3	VIL	Vertically-Integrated Liquid Water	entire atmosphere	File fxx	kg/m^2
4	VIS	Visibility	surface	File fxx	m
5	REFD	Reflectivity	1000 m above ground	File fxx	dB
6	REFD	Reflectivity	4000 m above ground	File fxx	dB
7	REFD	Reflectivity	263 K level	File fxx	dB
8	GUST	Wind Speed (Gust)	surface	File fxx	m/s
9	UGRD	U-Component of Wind	250 mb	File fxx	m/s
10	VGRD	V-Component of Wind	250 mb	File fxx	m/s
11	HGT	Geopotential Height	500 mb	File fxx	gpm
12	TMP	Temperature	500 mb	File fxx	K
13	DPT	Dew Point Temperature	500 mb	File fxx	K
14	UGRD	U-Component of Wind	500 mb	File fxx	m/s
15	VGRD	V-Component of Wind	500 mb	File fxx	m/s
16	HGT	Geopotential Height	700 mb	File fxx	gpm
17	TMP	Temperature	700 mb	File fxx	K
18	DPT	Dew Point Temperature	700 mb	File fxx	K
19	UGRD	U-Component of Wind	700 mb	File fxx	m/s
20	VGRD	V-Component of Wind	700 mb	File fxx	m/s
21	HGT	Geopotential Height	850 mb	File fxx	gpm
22	TMP	Temperature	850 mb	File fxx	K
23	DPT	Dew Point Temperature	850 mb	File fxx	K
24	UGRD	U-Component of Wind	850 mb	File fxx	m/s
25	VGRD	V-Component of Wind	850 mb	File fxx	m/s
26	TMP	Temperature	925 mb	File fxx	K
27	DPT	Dew Point Temperature	925 mb	File fxx	K
28	UGRD	U-Component of Wind	925 mb	File fxx	m/s
29	VGRD	V-Component of Wind	925 mb	File fxx	m/s
30	TMP	Temperature	1000 mb	File fxx	K
31	DPT	Dew Point Temperature	1000 mb	File fxx	K
32	UGRD	U-Component of Wind	1000 mb	File fxx	m/s
33	VGRD	V-Component of Wind	1000 mb	File fxx	m/s
34	MAXUVV	Hourly Maximum of Upward Vertical Velocity in the lowest 400hPa	400-1000 mb above ground	Previous Hour Max	m/s
35	MAXDVV	Hourly Maximum of Downward Vertical Velocity in the lowest 400hPa	400-1000 mb above ground	Previous Hour Max	m/s
36	DZDT	Vertical Velocity (Geometric)	0.5-0.8 sigma layer	Previous Hour Average	m/s
37	MSLMA	MSLP (MAPS System Reduction)	mean sea level	File fxx	Pa
38	HGT	Geopotential Height	1000 mb	File fxx	gpm
39	MAXREF	Hourly Maximum of Simulated Reflectivity at 1 km AGL	1000 m above ground	Previous Hour Max	dB
40	MXUPHL	Hourly Maximum of Updraft Helicity over Layer 2km to 5 km AGL	5000-2000 m above ground	Previous Hour Max	m^2/s^2
41	TCOLG	Total Column Integrate Graupel	entire atmosphere (considered as a single layer)	Previous Hour Max	kg/m^2
42	LTNG	Lightning	entire atmosphere	File fxx	non-dim
43	UGRD	U-Component of Wind	80 m above ground	File fxx	m/s
44	VGRD	V-Component of Wind	80 m above ground	File fxx	m/s
45	PRES	Pressure	surface	File fxx	Pa
46	HGT	Geopotential Height	surface	File fxx	gpm
47	TMP	Temperature	surface	File fxx	K
48	ASNOW	Total Snowfall	surface	(none)	m
49	MSTAV	Moisture Availability	0 m underground	File fxx	%
50	CNWAT	Plant Canopy Surface Water	surface	File fxx	kg/m^2
51	WEASD	Water Equivalent of Accumulated Snow Depth	surface	File fxx	kg/m^2
52	SNOWC	Snow Cover	surface	File fxx	%
53	SNOD	Snow Depth	surface	File fxx	m
54	TMP	Temperature	2 m above ground	File fxx	K
55	POT	Potential Temperature	2 m above ground	File fxx	K
56	SPFH	Specific Humidity	2 m above ground	File fxx	kg/kg
57	DPT	Dew Point Temperature	2 m above ground	File fxx	K
58	RH	Relative Humidity	2 m above ground	File fxx	%
59	UGRD	U-Component of Wind	10 m above ground	File fxx	m/s
60	VGRD	V-Component of Wind	10 m above ground	File fxx	m/s
61	WIND	Wind Speed	10 m above ground	Previous Hour Max	m/s
62	CPOFP	Percent frozen precipitation	surface	File fxx	%
63	PRATE	Precipitation Rate	surface	File fxx	kg/m^2/s
64	APCP	Total Precipitation	surface	Accumulated since f00	kg/m^2
65	WEASD	Water Equivalent of Accumulated Snow Depth	surface	Accumulated since f00	kg/m^2
66	FROZR	Frozen Rain	surface	Accumulated since f00	kg/m^2
67	SSRUN	Storm Surface Runoff	surface	Accumulated since f00	kg/m^2
68	BGRUN	Baseflow-Groundwater Runoff	surface	Accumulated since f00	kg/m^2
69	CSNOW	Categorical Snow	surface	File fxx	-
70	CICEP	Categorical Ice Pellets	surface	File fxx	-
71	CFRZR	Categorical Freezing Rain	surface	File fxx	-
72	CRAIN	Categorical Rain	surface	File fxx	-
73	SFCR	Surface Roughness	surface	File fxx	m
74	FRICV	Frictional Velocity	surface	File fxx	m/s
75	SHTFL	Sensible Heat Net Flux	surface	File fxx	W/m^2
76	LHTFL	Latent Heat Net Flux	surface	File fxx	W/m^2
77	GFLUX	Ground Heat Flux	surface	File fxx	W/m^2
78	VGTYP	Vegetation Type	surface	File fxx	Integer(0-13)
79	LFTX	Surface Lifted Index	500-1000 mb	File fxx	K
80	CAPE	Convective Available Potential Energy	surface	File fxx	J/kg
81	CIN	Convective Inhibition	surface	File fxx	J/kg
82	PWAT	Precipitable Water	entire atmosphere (considered as a single layer)	File fxx	kg/m^2
83	LCDC	Low Cloud Cover	low cloud layer	File fxx	%
84	MCDC	Medium Cloud Cover	middle cloud layer	File fxx	%
85	HCDC	High Cloud Cover	high cloud layer	File fxx	%
86	TCDC	Total Cloud Cover	entire atmosphere	File fxx	%
87	PRES	Pressure	cloud base	File fxx	Pa
88	HGT	Geopotential Height	cloud base	File fxx	gpm
89	HGT	Geopotential Height	cloud ceiling	File fxx	gpm
90	PRES	Pressure	cloud top	File fxx	Pa
91	HGT	Geopotential Height	cloud top	File fxx	gpm
92	ULWRF	Upward Long-Wave Rad. Flux	top of atmosphere	File fxx	W/m^2
93	DSWRF	Downward Short-Wave Radiation Flux	surface	File fxx	W/m^2
94	DLWRF	Downward Long-Wave Rad. Flux	surface	File fxx	W/m^2
95	USWRF	Upward Short-Wave Radiation Flux	surface	File fxx	W/m^2
96	ULWRF	Upward Long-Wave Rad. Flux	surface	File fxx	W/m^2
97	VBDSF	Visible Beam Downward Solar Flux	surface	File fxx	W/m^2
98	VDDSF	Visible Diffuse Downward Solar Flux	surface	File fxx	W/m^2
99	HLCY	Storm Relative Helicity	3000-0 m above ground	File fxx	m^2/s^2
100	HLCY	Storm Relative Helicity	1000-0 m above ground	File fxx	m^2/s^2
101	USTM	U-Component Storm Motion	0-6000 m above ground	File fxx	m/s
102	VSTM	V-Component Storm Motion	0-6000 m above ground	File fxx	m/s
103	VUCSH	Vertical U-Component Shear	0-1000 m above ground	File fxx	1/s
104	VVCSH	Vertical V-Component Shear	0-1000 m above ground	File fxx	1/s
105	VUCSH	Vertical U-Component Shear	0-6000 m above ground	File fxx	1/s
106	VVCSH	Vertical V-Component Shear	0-6000 m above ground	File fxx	1/s
107	HGT	Geopotential Height	0C isotherm	File fxx	gpm
108	RH	Relative Humidity	0C isotherm	File fxx	%
109	PRES	Pressure	0C isotherm	File fxx	Pa
110	HGT	Geopotential Height	highest tropospheric freezing level	File fxx	gpm
111	RH	Relative Humidity	highest tropospheric freezing level	File fxx	%
112	PRES	Pressure	highest tropospheric freezing level	File fxx	Pa
113	HGT	Geopotential Height	263 K level	File fxx	gpm
114	HGT	Geopotential Height	253 K level	File fxx	gpm
115	4LFTX	Best (4 layer) Lifted Index	180-0 mb above ground	File fxx	K
116	CAPE	Convective Available Potential Energy	180-0 mb above ground	File fxx	J/kg
117	CIN	Convective Inhibition	180-0 mb above ground	File fxx	J/kg
118	HPBL	Planetary Boundary Layer Height	surface	File fxx	m
119	HGT	Geopotential Height	level of adiabatic condensation from sfc	File fxx	gpm
120	CAPE	Convective Available Potential Energy	90-0 mb above ground	File fxx	J/kg
121	CIN	Convective Inhibition	90-0 mb above ground	File fxx	J/kg
122	CAPE	Convective Available Potential Energy	255-0 mb above ground	File fxx	J/kg
123	CIN	Convective Inhibition	255-0 mb above ground	File fxx	J/kg
124	HGT	Geopotential Height	equilibrium level	File fxx	gpm
125	PLPL	Pressure of level from which parcel was lifted	255-0 mb above ground	File fxx	Pa
126	RHPW	Relative Humidity with Respect to Precipitable Water	entire atmosphere	File fxx	%
127	LAND	Land Cover (0=sea, 1=land)	surface	File fxx	Proportion
128	ICEC	Ice Cover	surface	File fxx	Proportion
129	SBT123	Simulated Brightness Temperature for GOES 12, Channel 3	top of atmosphere	File fxx	K
130	SBT124	Simulated Brightness Temperature for GOES 12, Channel 4	top of atmosphere	File fxx	K
131	SBT113	Simulated Brightness Temperature for GOES 11, Channel 3	top of atmosphere	File fxx	K
132	SBT114	Simulated Brightness Temperature for GOES 11, Channel 4	top of atmosphere	File fxx	K