Click any of the descriptors to see their parameters:
US = United States
NE = Northeast U.S.
SE = Southeast U.S.
SC = South Central U.S.
NC = North central U.S.
NW = Northwest U.S.
SW = Southwest U.S.
AK = Alaska
CN = Canada
MX = Mexico
CA = Caribbean
EU = Europe
EA = Europe/Asia
NP = North Pacific
NT = North Atlantic
SA = South America
AF = Africa
AS = Asia
AU = Australia
SATIR = Infrared Satellite Image
SATVS = Visible Satellite Image
SATRA = IR Satellite & Radar Base Reflectivity Composite
RADBR = Radar Base Reflectivity
RADET = Radar Echo Tops
RADPC = Radar 1 Hour Precipitation
RADCP = Radar Summary Composite
SFCWX = Surface Weather
WXDEP = Weather Depiction
HISIG = High Level Significant Weather
LOSIG = Low Level Significant Weather
WT??? = Wind & Temperature at FL???
UA??? = Upper Air Height & Wind/Temperature Analysis at FL???
HURCN = Hurricane/Typhoon Tracks
SIGMT = Convective and Standard SIGMET Areas
LINDX = Lifted Index Values
ICING = Icing Reports or Forecast Areas
TURBC = Turbulence Reports or Forecast Areas
NTABC = North Atlantic ABC Tracks
NTXYZ = North Atlantic XYZ Tracks
00 = Analysis
06 = 6 Hour Forecast
12 = 12 Hour Forecast
24 = 24 Hour Forecast
36 = 36 Hour Forecast
48 = 48 Hour Forecast
YYYY = 4 digit year
MM = 2 digit month
DD = 2 digit day of month
HHHHHH = 6 digit hour,minute,seconds in UTC
US = United States
Center Latitude = 39.0N Center Longitude = 98.0W
Scale = 3000 nm Projection = Stereographic
NE = Northeast U.S.
Center Latitude = 42.0N Center Longitude = 78.0W
Scale = 1100 nm Projection = Stereographic
SE = Southeast U.S.
Center Latitude = 31.0N Center Longitude = 83.0W
Scale = 1100 nm Projection = Stereographic
SC = South Central U.S.
Center Latitude = 32.0N Center Longitude = 97.0W
Scale = 1100 nm Projection = Stereographic
NC = North Central U.S.
Center Latitude = 44.0N Center Longitude = 96.0W
Scale = 1100 nm Projection = Stereographic
NW = Northwest U.S.
Center Latitude = 44.0N Center Longitude = 115.0W
Scale = 1100 nm Projection = Stereographic
SW = Southwest U.S.
Center Latitude = 36.0N Center Longitude = 113.0W
Scale = 1100 nm Projection = Stereographic
AK = Alaska
Center Latitude = 63.0N Center Longitude = 150.0W
Scale = 1500 nm Projection = Stereographic
CN = Canada
Center Latitude = 60.0N Center Longitude = 95.0W
Scale = 3500 nm Projection = Stereographic
MX = Mexico
Center Latitude = 20.0N Center Longitude = 100.0W
Scale = 3000 nm Projection = Mercator
EU = Europe
Center Latitude = 48.0N Center Longitude = 20.0E
Scale = 3000 nm Projection = Stereographic
EA = Europe/Asia
Center Latitude = 45.0N Center Longitude = 70.0E
Scale = 7300 nm Projection = Stereographic
NT = North Atlantic
Center Latitude = 50.0N Center Longitude = 40.0W
Scale = 5000 nm Projection = Stereographic
NP = North Pacific
Center Latitude = 45.0N Center Longitude = 180.0W
Scale = 6500 nm Projection = Stereographic
SA = South America
Center Latitude = 25.0S Center Longitude = 60.0W
Scale = 6000 nm Projection = Mercator
CA = Caribbean
Center Latitude = 15.0N Center Longitude = 70.0W
Scale = 2500 nm Projection = Mercator
AF = Africa
Center Latitude = 00.0N Center Longitude = 20.0E
Scale = 6500 nm Projection = Mercator
AS = Asia
Center Latitude = 35.0N Center Longitude = 110.0E
Scale = 5000 nm Projection = Stereographic
AU = Australia
Center Latitude = 25.0S Center Longitude = 140.0E
Scale = 5000 nm Projection = Mercator
RR = Map Region Identifier (US, EU, AS, NE, as above under Geographic Region)
MAPTP = Map Type (SATIR, SFCWX, as above under Map Type)
VT = Map Forecast Time (00, 12, 24, as above under Forecast Hour)
YYYY = Year
MM = Month
DD = Day of Month
HHHHHH = Map Creation Time in hour(2), minutes(2) and seconds(2) UTC.