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MesoWest Data Variables
MesoWest Data Variables

This table describes the data variables seen in MesoWest and MesoWest products. Column names mean the following...

MesoWest ID: The variable ID utilized by MesoWest.
Acronym: The variable shortname/acronym utilized by MesoWest, seen on the download page and other products.
Full Name: The variable full name and description utilized by MesoWest.
Units: The primary units of the variable, unless specified in MesoWest products.
QC Min: The MesoWest quality control minimum value, values below this threshold are labeled as Suspect.
QC Max: The MesoWest quality control maximum value, values above this threshold are labeled as Suspect.
MesoWest Data Table: The MesoWest data table that the variable resides in.

*Note: Some stations may contain more than one observation of the same variable. In this case, a sensor number will be appended to the end of the variable acronym (e.g. RSS1, TFZ3, etc.).

Click on a column header to sort the table by that column.

MesoWest ID Acronym Full Name Units QC Min QC Max MesoWest Data Table
1 ALTI Altimeter inches Hg 24.00 34.00 PRESS
2 PRES Pressure Mb 600.00 1049.00 PRESS
3 TMPF Temperature Fahrenheit -75.00 135.00 BASIC
4 DWPF Dew Point Fahrenheit -75.00 135.00 N/A
5 RELH Relative Humidity % 0.00 100.00 BASIC
6 SKNT Wind Speed Knots 0.00 125.00 BASIC
7 DRCT Wind Direction Degrees 0.00 360.00 BASIC
8 GUST Wind Gust Knots 0.00 150.00 BASIC
13 SNOW Snow depth Inches 0.00 500.00 PRECIP
14 SOLR Solar Radiation W/m**2 -5.00 1500.00 SOLAR
15 TSOI Soil Temperature Fahrenheit -75.00 150.00 SOIL
20 PREC Precipitation accumulated Inches 0.00 150.00 PRECIP
21 PMSL Sea_level pressure Mb 950.00 1049.00 PRESS
22 HSUN Hours of sun Hours 0.00 1000.00 SOLAR
25 TLKE Water Temperature Fahrenheit -75.00 150.00 LAKE
26 WNUM Weather conditions code 0.00 512000.00 WX
29 CHC3 Cloud_layer_3 height/coverage code 0.00 8009.00 CLOUD
30 CSYL Low_cloud symbol code 0.00 9.00 CLOUD
31 CSYM Mid_cloud symbol code 10.00 19.00 CLOUD
32 CSYH High_cloud symbol code 20.00 29.00 CLOUD
33 P03D Pressure Tendency code 0.00 8999.00 PRESS
35 QFLG Quality check flag code -10.00 10.00 BASIC
37 PSTM Precipitation storm Inches 0.00 150.00 PRECIP
38 SSTM Snowfall Inches 0.00 500.00 PRECIP
39 P01I Precipitation 1hr Inches 0.00 2.00 PRECIP
40 P03I Precipitation 3hr Inches 0.00 6.00 PRECIP
41 P05I Precipitation 5min Inches 0.00 0.50 PRECIP
42 P10I Precipitation 10min Inches 0.00 0.50 PRECIP
43 P15I Precipitation 15min Inches 0.00 0.50 PRECIP
44 RNUM Road sensor number N/A 1.00 10.00 ROAD
45 TRD Road Temperature Fahrenheit -75.00 150.00 ROAD
46 TFZ Road_Freezing Temperature Fahrenheit -75.00 150.00 ROAD
47 RSS Road_Surface Conditions code 1.00 100.00 ROAD
48 ALR unknown N/A 0.00 100.00 ROAD
49 CHC1 Cloud_layer_1 height/coverage code 0.00 18009.00 CLOUD
50 CHC2 Cloud_layer_2 height/coverage code 0.00 8009.00 CLOUD
51 P06I Precipitation 6hr Inches 0.00 12.00 PRECIP
52 P24I Precipitation 24hr Inches 0.00 48.00 PRECIP
53 VSBY Visibility Statute miles 0.00 1000.00 WX
56 RMK Remarks text RAWOB
57 RAW Raw observation text RAWOB
58 HI6 6 Hr High Temperature Fahrenheit -75.00 150.00 MISC
59 LO6 6 Hr Low Temperature Fahrenheit -75.00 150.00 MISC
60 PEAK Peak_Wind Speed Knots 0.00 150.00 MISC
61 FT Fuel Temperature Fahrenheit -75.00 150.00 FUEL
62 FM 10_hr_Fuel Moisture gm 0.00 100.00 FUEL
63 CIG Ceiling feet 0.00 80000.00 CLOUD
66 PCHA Pressure change code PRESS
67 PACM Precipitation smoothed Inches 0.00 150.00 PRECIP
68 TIR IR_Soil Temperature Fahrenheit -75.00 150.00 SOIL
69 TIC Temperature in_case Fahrenheit -75.00 150.00 SOIL
70 MSOI Soil Moisture % 0.00 100.00 SOIL
71 VOLT Battery voltage volts 0.00 100.00 BATTERY
72 ITIM Data Insert Date/Time minutes 0.00 16000000.00 TIME
73 UTIM Data Update Date/Time minutes 0.00 16000000.00 TIME
74 SACM Snow smoothed Inches 0.00 500.00 PRECIP
75 PREM Precipitation manual Inches 0.00 150.00 PRECIP
76 P01M Precipitation 1hr manual Inches 0.00 2.00 PRECIP
77 P03M Precipitation 3hr manual Inches 0.00 6.00 PRECIP
78 P05M Precipitation 5min manual Inches 0.00 0.50 PRECIP
79 P10M Precipitation 10min manual Inches 0.00 0.50 PRECIP
80 P15M Precipitation 15min manual Inches 0.00 0.50 PRECIP
81 P06M Precipitation 6hr manual Inches 0.00 12.00 PRECIP
82 P24M Precipitation 24hr manual Inches 0.00 48.00 PRECIP
83 SNOM Snow manual Inches 0.00 500.00 PRECIP
84 SINT Snow interval Inches 0.00 500.00 PRECIP
85 TSRD Road Subsurface Temperature Fahrenheit -75.00 150.00 SOIL
86 TLRW Water Temperature Fahrenheit -75.00 150.00 LAKE
87 EVAP Evapotranspiration inches 0.00 100.00 SOIL
88 WEQS Snow water equivalent inches 0.00 900.00 PRECIP
89 P30I Precipitation 30 min Inches 0.00 2.00 PRECIP
91 ALLV All variables N/A N/A
92 PWVP Precipitable water vapor Inches 0.00 100.00 PRECIP
93 HI24 24 Hr High Temperature Fahrenheit -75.00 150.00 MISC
94 LO24 24 Hr Low Temperature Fahrenheit -75.00 150.00 MISC
95 PDIR Peak_Wind Direction Degrees 0.00 360.00 MISC
96 RNWG Precipitation (weighing_gauge) Inches 0.00 150.00 PRECIP
97 NETR Net_Radiation (all_wavelengths) W/m**2 -500.00 1000.00 SOLAR
98 P15H 1500 m Pressure Mb 600.00 1049.00 N/A
99 TWBF Wet bulb temperature Fahrenheit -75.00 135.00 N/A
100 STEN Soil Moisture tension centibars 0.00 300.00 SOIL
101 T2M Air_Temperature at_2_meters Fahrenheit -75.00 135.00 SOIL
102 T10M Air_Temperature at_10_meters Fahrenheit -75.00 135.00 SOIL
103 P1MI Precipitation 1min Inches 0.00 0.50 PRECIP
104 T18I 18_Inch Soil_Temperature Fahrenheit -75.00 150.00 SOIL
106 T20I 20_Inch Soil_Temperature Fahrenheit -75.00 150.00 SOIL
107 T182 18_Inch Soil_Temperature2 Fahrenheit -75.00 150.00 SOIL
108 MPRS Pressure Mb 600.00 1049.00 MBASIC
109 MTMP Temperature Fahrenheit -75.00 135.00 MBASIC
110 MRH Relative Humidity % 0.00 100.00 MBASIC
111 MSKT Wind Speed Knots 0.00 125.00 MBASIC
112 MDIR Wind Direction Degrees 0.00 360.00 MBASIC
113 MGST Wind Gust Knots 0.00 150.00 MBASIC
114 MLAT Latitude Degrees -90.00 90.00 MBASIC
115 MLON Longitude Degrees -180.00 180.00 MBASIC
116 MELV Elevation Feet -200.00 30000.00 MBASIC
117 PLDR Platform True_Direction Degrees 0.00 360.00 WAVE
118 PSWD Primary_Swell Wave_Direction Degrees 0.00 360.00 WAVE
119 PSWP Primary_Swell Wave_Period Seconds 0.00 86400.00 WAVE
120 PSWH Primary_Swell Wave_Height Feet 0.00 500.00 WAVE
121 SSWD Secondary_Swell Wave_Direction Degrees 0.00 360.00 WAVE
122 SSWP Secondary_Swell Wave_Period Seconds 0.00 86400.00 WAVE
123 SSWH Secondary_Swell Wave_Height Feet 0.00 500.00 WAVE
124 TIDN Tide Indicator code 0.00 10.00 WAVE
125 TIDP Tide Departure Feet 0.00 500.00 WAVE
126 PLSP Platform True_Speed Knots 0.00 125.00 WAVE
127 WPER Wave Period Seconds 0.00 86400.00 WAVE
128 WHGT Wave Height Feet 0.00 500.00 WAVE
129 TGND Ground Temperature Fahrenheit -75.00 150.00 SOIL
130 NETS Net_Radiation (short_wave) W/m**2 -500.00 1000.00 SOIL
131 NETL Net_Radiation (long_wave) W/m**2 -500.00 1000.00 SOIL
132 TSNC Sonic Temperature Fahrenheit -75.00 150.00 SOIL
133 WSNC Vertical_Velocity Sonic m/s SOIL
134 USTD Zonal_Wind Standard_Deviation m/s SOIL
135 VSTD Meridional_Wind Standard_Deviation m/s SOIL
136 WSTD Vertical_Wind Standard_Deviation m/s SOIL
137 TSTD Temperature Standard_Deviation Centigrade SOIL
138 HFLX Vertical Heat_Flux m/s C SOIL
139 USTR Friction Velocity m/s SOIL
140 WRAT SIGW/USTR nondimensional SOIL
141 OTOT Sonic_Obs Total nondimensional SOIL
142 WARN Sonic Warnings nondimensional SOIL
143 MSTD Moisture Standard_Deviation g/m**3 SOIL
144 MFLX Vertical Moisture_Flux m/s g/m**3 SOIL
145 MDWP Dew Point Fahrenheit -75.00 135.00 MBASIC
146 MTVR Virtual Temperature Fahrenheit -75.00 135.00 MBASIC
147 MGPH Geopotential Height Feet 0.00 30000.00 MBASIC
148 SPDS Sonic_Wind Speed Knots 0.00 125.00 SOIL
149 DIRS Sonic_Wind Direction Degrees 0.00 360.00 SOIL

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