Those files contain the vertical profiles calculated on virtual station
point.
Example:
LMM 05 03 2002 00 01 01 21600
1 45.9330 7.8500
36 699.8 2999. 257.4 1.076 -1.3 0.3 -0.016
35 697.2 3027. 263.8 2.551 -2.6 0.6 -0.025
34 691.5 3091. 264.7 2.471 -4.0 2.3 -0.034
33 684.6 3169. 264.4 2.299 -4.1 3.5 -0.033
32 676.4 3262. 264.2 2.134 -4.4 4.7 -0.027
31 667.0 3370. 264.1 1.899 -4.7 6.3 -0.016
30 656.4 3495. 263.6 1.707 -4.8 7.2 -0.016
29 644.8 3633. 263.6 1.446 -5.1 8.3 -0.018
28 632.6 3780. 262.9 1.333 -4.8 9.1 -0.020
27 619.8 3937. 262.6 1.196 -4.5 9.9 -0.024
26 606.1 4109. 261.7 1.165 -3.7 10.6 -0.024
25 590.9 4304. 260.7 1.198 -3.0 11.4 -0.019
24 573.8 4528. 259.4 1.312 -2.2 12.3 -0.009
23 554.8 4783. 257.5 1.453 -1.4 13.3 0.003
22 534.2 5067. 255.5 1.526 -0.7 14.4 0.023
21 512.7 5374. 253.2 1.459 -0.1 15.3 0.052
20 490.5 5701. 250.6 1.102 0.8 15.6 0.079
19 467.6 6050. 248.1 0.660 1.7 15.3 0.089
18 444.4 6418. 245.1 0.390 1.6 14.5 0.067
17 421.1 6802. 241.9 0.338 1.5 13.1 0.021
16 397.8 7204. 238.4 0.329 2.5 12.6 0.003
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In simbolic form for two stations, two forecast times:
code idd imm iyy ihh icheck ista idtch istaz rlatstaz rlonstaz il rp rz rt rq ru rv rw il rp rz rt rq ru rv rw il rp rz rt rq ru rv rw il rp rz rt rq ru rv rw il rp rz rt rq ru rv rw ....... istaz rlatstaz rlonstaz il rp rz rt rq ru rv rw il rp rz rt rq ru rv rw il rp rz rt rq ru rv rw il rp rz rt rq ru rv rw il rp rz rt rq ru rv rw ....... code idd imm iyy ihh icheck ista idtch istaz rlatstaz rlonstaz il rp rz rt rq ru rv rw il rp rz rt rq ru rv rw il rp rz rt rq ru rv rw il rp rz rt rq ru rv rw il rp rz rt rq ru rv rw ....... istaz rlatstaz rlonstaz il rp rz rt rq ru rv rw il rp rz rt rq ru rv rw il rp rz rt rq ru rv rw il rp rz rt rq ru rv rw il rp rz rt rq ru rv rw .......
Legend:
| code | ascii description field |
| idd | day reference time of data |
| imm | month reference time of data |
| iyy | year reference time of data |
| ihh | Hour reference time of data |
| icheck | checkpoint numer |
| ista | number of station written every checkpoint |
| idtch | time step from checkpoint |
| istaz | virtual station number (false station) |
| rlatstaz | latitude virtual station number |
| rlonstaz | longitude virtual station number |
| il | layer number |
| rp | pressure at layer (Hpa) |
| rz | height at layer (m.) |
| rt | temperature at layer (K.) |
| rq | specific humidity at layer (g./Kg.) |
| ru | U component of wind at layer (m./s.) |
| rv | V component of wind at layer (m./s.) |
| rw | vertical velocity at layer (m./s.) |