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NCEP Product Inventory
> RTMA Products
NCEP Products Inventory
Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis (RTMA) Products
Includes Unrestricted Mesoscale Analysis (URMA)
Updated: 10/31/2017
RTMA 2.5
RTMA Rapid Update
RTMA Alaska
RTMA Puerto Rico
RTMA Hawaii
RTMA Guam
URMA 2.5
URMA Alaska
URMA Hawaii
URMA Puerto Rico
RTMA Documentation
On the NCEP https server:
On the NCEP ftp server:
ftp://ftp.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/rtma/prod
ftp://ftp.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/urma/prod
via anonymous ftp.
On the NWS ftp server:
ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/ST.opnl/DF.gr2/DC.ndgd
via anonymous ftp.
YYYYMMDD
is the Year, Month and Day
cc
is the model cycle runtime (i.e. 00, 06, 12, 18)
variable
is the model variable (i.e.temp)
Click on the links under
Inventory
to see the file's contents.
Use as a guide when selecting specific parameters from
NOMADS
through the grib filter option.
DESCRIPTION
NCEP FTP SERVER
File Name
NWS FTP SERVER
File Name
RTMA 2.5
Contiguous United States
Grid 184 - CONUS - 2.5 km resolution
WCOSS Filename
Inventory
rtma2p5.YYYYMMDDCC.pcp.184.grb2
FH hourly
Available in GRIB2 via FTP
Available in GRIB2 via HTTPS
rtma2p5.YYYYMMDDCC.pcp.184.grb2
Available in GRIB2 via FTP
ds.variable.bin
Contiguous United States
Western Expansion NDFD Grid - CONUS - 2.5 km resolution
WCOSS Filename
Inventory
rtma2p5.tccz.2dvaranl_ndfd.grb2_wexp
rtma2p5.tccz.2dvarerr_ndfd.grb2_wexp
rtma2p5.tccz.2dvarges_ndfd.grb2_wexp
FH hourly
FH hourly
FH hourly
Available in GRIB2 via FTP
Available in GRIB2 via HTTPS
rtma2p5.tccz.2dvaranl_ndfd.grb2_wexp
rtma2p5.tccz.2dvarerr_ndfd.grb2_wexp
rtma2p5.tccz.2dvarges_ndfd.grb2_wexp
N/A
RTMA Rapid Update
Contiguous United States, Rapid Update
Grid 184 - CONUS - 2.5 km resolution
WCOSS Filename
Inventory
rtma2p5_ru.tccmmz.2dvaranl_ndfd.grb2
rtma2p5_ru.tccmmz.2dvarges_ndfd.grb2
FH 15min
FH 15min
Available in GRIB2 via FTP
Available in GRIB2 via HTTPS
rtma2p5_ru.tccmmz.2dvaranl_ndfd.grb2
rtma2p5_ru.tccmmz.2dvarges_ndfd.grb2
N/A
Alaska RTMA
Alaska
Grid 91 - 3km resolution
WCOSS Filename
Inventory
akrtma.tccz.2dvaranl_ndfd_3p0.grb2
akrtma.tccz.2dvarerr_ndfd_3p0.grb2
akrtma.tccz.2dvarges_ndfd_3p0.grb2
FH hourly
FH hourly
FH hourly
Available in GRIB2 via FTP
Available in GRIB2 via HTTPS
akrtma.tccz.2dvaranl_ndfd_3p0.grb2
akrtma.tccz.2dvarerr_ndfd_3p0.grb2
akrtma.tccz.2dvarges_ndfd_3p0.grb2
Available in GRIB2 via FTP
ds.variable.bin
Guam RTMA
Guam
Grid 199 - 2.5km resolution
WCOSS Filename
Inventory
gurtma.tccz.2dvaranl_ndfd.grb2
gurtma.tccz.2dvarerr_ndfd.grb2
gurtma.tccz.2dvarges_ndfd.grb2
FH hourly
FH hourly
FH hourly
Available in GRIB2 via FTP
Available in GRIB2 via HTTPS
gurtma.tccz.2dvaranl_ndfd.grb2
gurtma.tccz.2dvarerr_ndfd.grb2
gurtma.tccz.2dvarges_ndfd.grb2
Available in GRIB2 via FTP
ds.variable.bin
Puerto Rico RTMA
Puerto Rico
Grid 195 - 2.5km resolution
WCOSS Filename
Inventory
prrtma.tccz.2dvaranl_ndfd.grb2
prrtma.tccz.2dvarerr_ndfd.grb2
prrtma.tccz.2dvarges_ndfd.grb2
FH hourly
FH hourly
FH hourly
Available in GRIB2 via FTP
Available in GRIB2 via HTTPS
prrtma.tccz.2dvaranl_ndfd.grb2
prrtma.tccz.2dvarerr_ndfd.grb2
prrtma.tccz.2dvarges_ndfd.grb2
Available in GRIB2 via FTP
ds.variable.bin
Hawaii RTMA
Hawaii
Grid 196 - 2.5km resolution
WCOSS Filename
Inventory
hirtma.tccz.2dvaranl_ndfd.grb2
hirtma.tccz.2dvarerr_ndfd.grb2
hirtma.tccz.2dvarges_ndfd.grb2
FH hourly
FH hourly
FH hourly
Available in GRIB2 via FTP
Available in GRIB2 via HTTPS
hirtma.tccz.2dvaranl_ndfd.grb2
hirtma.tccz.2dvarerr_ndfd.grb2
hirtma.tccz.2dvarges_ndfd.grb2
Available in GRIB2 via FTP
ds.variable.bin
URMA2.5
Contiguous United States
Grid 184 - CONUS - 2.5km resolution
WCOSS Filename
Inventory
urma2p5.t08z.minRH_ndfd.grb2
urma2p5.t20z.maxRH_ndfd.grb2
FHhourly
FH hourly
Available in GRIB2 via FTP
Available in GRIB2 via HTTPS
urma2p5.t08z.minRH_ndfd.grb2
urma2p5.t20z.maxRH_ndfd.grb2
Available in GRIB2 via FTP
ds.variable.bin
Contiguous United States
Western Expansion NDFD Grid - CONUS - 2.5km resolution
WCOSS Filename
Inventory
urma2p5.tccz.2dvaranl_ndfd.grb2_wexp
urma2p5.tccz.2dvarerr_ndfd.grb2_wexp
urma2p5.tccz.2dvarges_ndfd.grb2_wexp
urma2p5.t08z.minRH_ndfd.grb2_wexp
urma2p5.t20z.maxRH_ndfd.grb2_wexp
FH hourly
FH hourly
FH hourly
FHhourly
FH hourly
Available in GRIB2 via FTP
Available in GRIB2 via HTTPS
urma2p5.tccz.2dvaranl_ndfd.grb2_ext
urma2p5.tccz.2dvarerr_ndfd.grb2_ext
urma2p5.tccz.2dvarges_ndfd.grb2_ext
urma2p5.t08z.minRH_ndfd.grb2_ext
urma2p5.t20z.maxRH_ndfd.grb2_ext
N/A
NW United States
Grid 188 - CONUS - 2.5km resolution
WCOSS Filename
Inventory
urma2p5.YYYYMMDDCC.pcp_06h.188.grb2
FH hourly
Available in GRIB2 via FTP
Available in GRIB2 via HTTPS
urma2p5.YYYYMMDDCC.pcp_06h.188.grb2
Available in GRIB2 via FTP
ds.variable.bin
Alaska URMA
Alaska
Grid 91 - CONUS - 2.5km resolution
WCOSS Filename
Inventory
akurma.tccz.2dvaranl_ndfd_3p0.grb2
akurma.tccz.2dvarerr_ndfd_3p0.grb2
akurma.tccz.2dvarges_ndfd_3p0.grb2
FH hourly
FH hourly
FH hourly
Available in GRIB2 via FTP
Available in GRIB2 via HTTPS
akurma.tccz.2dvaranl_ndfd_3p0.grb2
akurma.tccz.2dvarerr_ndfd_3p0.grb2
akurma.tccz.2dvarges_ndfd_3p0.grb2
N/A
Hawaii URMA
Hawaii
Grid 196 - CONUS - 2.5km resolution
WCOSS Filename
Inventory
hiurma.tccz.2dvaranl_ndfd.grb2
hiurma.tccz.2dvarerr_ndfd.grb2
hiurma.tccz.2dvarges_ndfd.grb2
FH hourly
FH hourly
FH hourly
Available in GRIB2 via FTP
Available in GRIB2 via HTTPS
hiurma.tccz.2dvaranl_ndfd.grb2
hiurma.tccz.2dvarerr_ndfd.grb2
hiurma.tccz.2dvarges_ndfd.grb2
N/A
Puerto Rico URMA
Puerto Rico
Grid 195 - CONUS - 2.5km resolution
WCOSS Filename
Inventory
prurma.tccz.2dvaranl_ndfd.grb2
prurma.tccz.2dvarerr_ndfd.grb2
prurma.tccz.2dvarges_ndfd.grb2
FH hourly
FH hourly
FH hourly
Available in GRIB2 via FTP
Available in GRIB2 via HTTPS
prurma.tccz.2dvaranl_ndfd.grb2
prurma.tccz.2dvarerr_ndfd.grb2
prurma.tccz.2dvarges_ndfd.grb2
N/A
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